An Amazon customer says the company’s customer service reps divulged his information to a hacker who was able to use that data to trick his bank into issuing a new copy of his credit card. Tech publications are running wild Read more
After experiencing an account takeover of his PayPal account, security expert and blogger Brian Krebs said the incident demonstrates how most organizations are behind the times in keeping customer accounts safe. Most organizations, including many financial institutions, remain woefully behind 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
Whether it is a fair accusation or not, shoppers don’t always see the perpetrator of online crimes as the one to blame the most for theft. Many consider the retailer almost equally at fault when cybercrime rears its head. The Read more
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 was supposed to encrypt data Read more
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 the things that has people Read more
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 like Amazon UK demonstrated some Read more
The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that have plagued ecommerce sites of all sizes in the past may not emerge seemingly out of nowhere. Instead it has been suggested that the person interested in harming one’s online presence might Read more
