Tag: uber
The EU bares its teeth – again
The EU has bared its cyber teeth for the second time in a week. Hard on the heels of the arrest of Telegram founder and owner, Pavel Kurov, Uber has been slapped with a $290 million fine for allegedly violating the European Union (EU)’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by failing to protect personal data of European taxi drivers held on servers located in the US. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) enforced the regulation by imposing a fine on Uber, which transmitted European drivers’ personal data to the US, including drivers’ account details, taxi licenses, location data, photos, payment details, identity documents and, in some cases, even criminal records and medical data.
Syrian group behind RAT malware – August 24th
The malicious threat actor behind CypherRAT and CraxsRAT malware has been unmasked as the Syrian threat actor, EVLF. These RATS allow an attacker to control a victim's device's location, camera, and microphone.