Ecommerce Industry News
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
After looking at password policies for top ecommerce sites in the US and France, password manager firm Dashlane took a peek at sites in the United Kingdom to evaluate their practices. Some big brand names […]
In a case reminiscent of one that came to light in Idaho last December, the Federal Trade Commission has stepped in to stop several companies from running a scheme that promised ecommerce financial success. Consumers ensnared […]
A group known as the Syrian Electronic Army claimed over the weekend it had hacked eBay and PayPal websites. Mashable broke the story on Saturday, and now Ars Technica is reporting on claims that the group intercepted […]
eBay responded to claims of a breach of security at its PayPal payments unit in a report that was published in a blog post by a former Google software engineer. Naoki Hiroshima published the post, […]
As long as there are desirable goods in the marketplace there will be people willing to imitate them and try to market and sell them as the real thing. Counterfeit goods have been a problem […]
eBay’s PayPal unit reassured customers about the security of its own payment service following a data breach at retail chain store Target. The retailer had discovered malware on its point-of-sale systems and warned customers who […]
With luck many online sellers are enjoying the benefit of Cyber Monday week, where consumers returning to the workplace after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend turn to their internet connections to do some deal hunting. Naturally […]