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 detected by Netcraft apparently target visitors who Read more
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 while the company, Forter, is Read more
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 buying expensive pocketbooks online, pointing 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
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 by the accused reportedly lost Read more
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 sensitive email from eBay employees Read more
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, “My $50,000 Twitter Username Was Read more
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 not only for those victimized Read more
