Emotet Botnet Sinkholed, Apple Adds App Tracking Opt-In - ThreatWire (Patreon)

A flaw was found in libgcrypt, the notorious Emotet Is sinkholed by police, and Apple makes a slew of security updates! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. 

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Libgcrypt:

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2145

https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/google-discloses-severe-bug-in.html

https://threatpost.com/critical-libgcrypt-crypto-bug-arbitrary-code/163546/

https://gnupg.org/download/index.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/libgcrypt-developers-release-urgent-update-to-tackle-severe-vulnerability/

Emotet:

https://www.cyberscoop.com/emotet-europol-us-ukraine-takedown-botnet/

https://threatpost.com/emotet-takedown-infrastructure-netwalker-offline/163389/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/authorities-plan-to-mass-uninstall-emotet-from-infected-hosts-on-april-25-2021/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BLOmClsSpc

https://www.npu.gov.ua/news/kiberzlochini/kiberpolicziya-vikrila-transnaczionalne-ugrupovannya-xakeriv-u-rozpovsyudzhenni-najnebezpechnishogo-v-sviti-komp-yuternogo-virusu-EMOTET/

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/world%E2%80%99s-most-dangerous-malware-emotet-disrupted-through-global-action

https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2021/januari/27/11-internationale-politieoperatie-ladybird-botnet-emotet-wereldwijd-ontmanteld.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/emotet-worlds-most-dangerous-malware-botnet-disrupted-by-international-police-operation/

https://www.politie.nl/themas/controleer-of-mijn-inloggegevens-zijn-gestolen.html#english

https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/european-authorities-disrupt-emotet.html

Apple:

https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/google-uncovers-new-ios-security.html

https://threatpost.com/apple-ios-imessage-blastdoor/163479/

https://thehackernews.com/2021/01/apple-warns-of-3-ios-zero-day-security.html

https://threatpost.com/apple-patches-zero-days-ios-emergency-update/163374/

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/28/22253366/apple-app-tracking-transparency-opt-in-requirement-beta-launch

https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/1/22260274/facebook-prompt-apple-ios-ad-tracking-opt-in-permission-privacy-update

https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/preparing-developers-and-advertisers-for-policy-updates/

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