Cyber criminals have switched their attention to Uber and its users. Typically, the criminal sends the victim an email announcing that they’ve won a gift card and inviting them to click a link to retrieve it. This downloads malware onto the victim ’s device, often in the form of a key logger, which records everything the victim types. As a result, the cyber criminal gains access to the victim’s personal information, which they then sell on the dark net for a few dollars. Typically a hacker will send a victim an email saying “Congratulations you've won a free gift card, click here.” This is part of a wider trend, which is seeing cyber criminals target any service that requires a log-in, be it the likes of Netflix or eBay. The most recent attack against Uber was carried out by Russian hackers.
Cyber criminals have switched their attention to Uber and its users. Typically, the criminal sends the victim an email announcing that they’ve won a gift card and inviting them to click a link to retrieve it. This downloads malware onto the victim ’s device, often in the form of a key logger, which records everything the victim types. As a result, the cyber criminal gains access to the victim’s personal information, which they then sell on the dark net for a few dollars. This is part of a wider trend, which is seeing cyber criminals target any service that requires a log-in, be it the likes of Netflix or eBay. The most recent attack against Uber was carried out by Russian hackers.