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LGBT dating site permanently removed from internet in Black Shadow fight

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The state prosecution announced on Thursday that it had succeeded in getting the Atraf website for LGBTQ dating permanently removed from the Internet as part of its ongoing battle against attempts by the Black Shadow hacker group to expose the private, personal information of the website’s users.

The website had been temporarily disabled since Black Shadow started posting some of the personal data it hacked.

On November 3, the Authority for the Defense of Privacy announced it was probing the Atraf website for faulty cyberdefenses that might have led to its recently being hacked.

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Didi warns of ‘adverse impact’ after 25 apps are removed from mobile stores – Fortune

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Didi warns of ‘adverse impact’ after 25 apps are removed from mobile stores  Fortune

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Emotet malware forcibly removed today by German police update

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Emotet malware forcibly removed today by German police update

Emotet, one of the most dangerous email spam botnets in recent history, is being uninstalled today from all infected devices with the help of a malware module delivered in January by law enforcement.

The botnet’s takedown is the result of an international law enforcement action that allowed investigators to take control of the Emotet’s servers and disrupt the malware’s operation.

Emotet was used by the TA542 threat group (aka Mummy Spider) to deploy second-stage malware payloads, including QBot and Trickbot, onto its victims’ compromised computers.

TA542’s attacks usually led to full network compromise and the deployment of ransomware payloads on all infected systems, including ProLock or Egregor by Qbot, and Ryuk and Conti by TrickBot.

How the Emotet uninstaller works

After the takedown operation, law enforcement pushed a new configuration to active Emotet infections so that the malware would begin to use command and control servers controlled by the Bundeskriminalamt, Germany’s federal police agency.

Law enforcement then distributed a new Emotet module in the form of a 32-bit EmotetLoader.dll to all infected systems that will automatically uninstall the malware on April 25th, 2021.

Malwarebytes security researchers Jérôme Segura and Hasherezade took a closer look at the uninstaller module delivered by law enforcement-controlled to Emotet servers.

After changing the system clock on a test machine to trigger the module, they found that it only deletes associated Windows services, autorun Registry keys, and then exits the process, leaving everything else on the compromised devices untouched.

“For this type of approach to be successful over time, it will be important to have as many eyes as possible on these updates and, if possible, the law enforcement agencies involved should release these updates to the open internet so analysts can make sure nothing unwanted is being slipped in,” Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of Malwarebytes, told BleepingComputer.

“That all said, we view this specific instance as a unique situation and encourage our industry partners to view this as an isolated event that required a special solution and not as an opportunity to set policy moving forward.”

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Parler app removed from Google Play Store (Update: Apple suspends iOS app)

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  • Parler, a “free speech” social media app, has been removed from the Google Play Store.
  • In a statement, Google said Parler had not done enough to “implement robust moderation for egregious content.”
  • Apple has also warned Parler to put in better moderation or its iOS app will be removed from Apple’s app store.

Update: January 9, 2021 – 8:36 p.m. ET – Deadline reports that Apple has now suspended the iOS Parler app from its App Store as well. Apple told Parler in an email that the social networking company “has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety.”

Original story – January 9, 2021 – Parler, the social media app that centers on conservative themes and content, has had its app removed from the Google Play Store. Launched in 2018, Parler has become more popular over the last several months among US conservatives.

In the wake of Wednesday’s looting of the US Capital in Washington D.C. by a mob, it had been discovered that Parler was used by some right-wing groups and individuals to promote participation in that mob and to advocate violence during that event. Late Friday night, Google decided that was enough to remove the Parler app from the Play Store.

In an email statement from Google, as posted by XDA Developers, the company stated:

In order to protect user safety on Google Play, our longstanding policies require that apps displaying user-generated content have moderation policies and enforcement that removes egregious content like posts that incite violence. All developers agree to these terms and we have reminded Parler of this clear policy in recent months.

We’re aware of continued posting in the Parler app that seeks to incite ongoing violence in the U.S. We recognize that there can be reasonable debate about content policies and that it can be difficult for apps to immediately remove all violative content, but for us to distribute an app through Google Play, we do require that apps implement robust moderation for egregious content. In light of this ongoing and urgent public safety threat, we are suspending the app’s listings from the Play Store until it addresses these issues.

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