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Category: Security and Fraud Issues

eBay Takes Hit on Auctions Due to Hacking Incident

May 27, 2014September 4, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay is taking the unprecedented step of allowing sellers to cancel auction transactions for an 11-day period, a move related to the recent hacking of its customer database. However, if buyers didn’t use PayPal to pay for […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay auctions, eBay data breach

eBay Communicates with Third-Party Selling Tools after Hacking Incident

May 26, 2014September 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay has reached out to third-party developers after learning about a security breach in which criminals accessed eBay’s user database. eBay revealed the hacking incident to the public on Wednesday, May 21st. With eBay requesting […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay data breach, eBay security

eBay, Behind the Breach Part 2: Storing Sensitive Data

May 26, 2014September 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

EcommerceBytes called on Zulfikar Ramzan, Chief Technology Officer of Elastica, to provide some context around eBay’s security breach. In Part 1, he talked about what’s going on at eBay right now based on his experience working […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay data breach

After Cyber Attack, eBay Warns Users to Change Passwords

May 22, 2014September 6, 2017 Ina Steiner

Cyber attackers compromised a small number of employee log-in credentials, allowing unauthorized access to eBay’s corporate network. The attackers gained access to users’ encrypted passwords and sensitive information, the type that could be used in […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay data breach

PayPal Says It’s Not Impacted By Latest Internet Security Vulnerability

May 5, 2014September 14, 2017 Ina Steiner

Webmasters and security experts must deal with yet another vulnerability affecting a popular open-source software. Named Covert Redirect, it affects authentication software OpenID and authorization software OAuth, making visitors to websites vulnerable to phishing attacks […]

News, Payments, Security and Fraud IssuesPayPal security

Dangerous Fraudulent eBay Ads Return to Plague Customers

April 29, 2014September 17, 2017 David A Utter

An effective and virtually invisible method of redirecting website viewers from a legitimate page to a page crafted for criminal purposes has eBay UK visitors at risk, according to UK security firm Netcraft. The attacks […]

Marketplaces, News, Security and Fraud IssueseBay security

Online Fraud-Fighter Hooks Former PayPal President

April 21, 2014September 17, 2017 Ina Steiner

Fraudulent transactions are a big problem for retailers, and a new company is so confident in its ability to eliminate ecommerce fraud, it makes a guarantee to merchant customers that protects them against chargebacks. And […]

News, Payments, Security and Fraud IssuesForter, Fraud Science, PayPal, Scott Thompson

Bad Apples Make It Harder to Sell Luxury Goods Online

April 18, 2014September 17, 2017 Ina Steiner

Counterfeiting plagues retailers and flourishes online where it’s easy to set up shop, but the publicity generated by fraudsters hurt legitimate business. Case in point, Forbes magazine warned shoppers on Thursday to think twice before […]

News, Security and Fraud IssuesCounterfeits, Fraud

Ecommerce Firms Advise Merchants about the Heartbleed Bug

April 10, 2014September 17, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay, Etsy, PayPal, GoDaddy and others had advice for online merchants who are worried about the Heartbleed bug that was made public this week. A bug in a system used by many ecommerce sites that […]

News, Security and Fraud IssuesHeartbleed bug, Security

Ecommerce Firms Scramble to Assess Heartbleed Vulnerability

April 9, 2014September 17, 2017 Ina Steiner

When the people in charge of keeping websites secure and keeping sensitive data private are running scared, you know it’s time to worry. A vulnerability called the Heartbleed Bug was discovered recently, and, one of […]

News, Security and Fraud IssuesHeartbleed bug, Security

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