Fraudsters found a new way to trick people into signing in to fake PayPal sites, according to security publication Netcraft. When uncertain about the authenticity of a site, a trust certificate can provide reassurance to would-be visitors – but that Read more
Fraudsters are targeting eBay sellers right on eBay’s own website, according to Netcraft. The security publication published a screenshot of a page on eBay that fraudsters used in an attempt to steal eBay usernames and passwords from unsuspecting users. “The convincing Read more
A security researcher reported a vulnerability to eBay in June, according to the Kaspersky Labs news publication ThreatPost. The researcher, Aditya Sood, told ThreatPost eBay fixed the bug in August. “There was a cross-site scripting vulnerability in an eBay domain that Read more
Rick Orloff spent 6 years at Apple before joining eBay last August to head security for its Marketplaces business. The hiring followed eBay’s security breach in which criminals gained unauthorized access to its corporate network and user data. The Associated Read more
Some eBay users became alarmed on Wednesday when eBay required them to reset their passwords. Spokesperson Ryan Moore confirmed the issue, telling EcommerceBytes the issue impacted a small subset of users – “far less than 0.1%,” he said. We first Read more
A new report from the Telegraph indicates it’s quite easy to get back on eBay even after being suspended by the marketplace “for life.” The UK newspaper said it exposed a man last year for selling fakes on eBay and Read more
PayPal sent a notice to merchants who use its service on their websites and storefronts informing them they might have to take action as it works to upgrade various SSL certificates. It explained that over the course of 2015 and Read more
Etsy is undertaking an investigation into how a spam message made its way onto the Etsy Announcement Board on Sunday morning. The incident followed a rash of complaints about spam being posted on the discussion boards, which some user call Read more
The White House is urging small online sellers and other businesses to bolster the security of their payments systems, part of a broader push the administration is making to improve the cybersecurity posture of the private sector. On Friday, President Read more
Ecommerce pros eager to match the rising tide of smartphone-using shoppers may be dismayed by a dramatic downside to doing mobile commerce (mcommerce) business. While 2014 saw 14 percent of all transactions arriving via the mobile channel, a frightening 21 Read more
