June 17, 2020

eBay staff charged with cyberstalking, sending fetal pig and spiders

6 execs and employees have been charged with cyberharassing a couple who published an e-commerce newsletter sometimes critical of the company.

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March 12, 2020

Data of millions of eBay and Amazon shoppers exposed

Eight million customer records belonging to companies including Amazon, eBay, Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe were collected.

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January 10, 2020

Fake-review purge: Facebook boots 188 groups, eBay bans 140 shills

After a poke from the UK's watchdog, the companies promised to beef up filters to strain out those who write, buy and sell fluffy nonsense.

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October 15, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency loses all but one payment company

Gone: Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Mercado Pago. Of six payments firms first involved in Libra, just one, PayU, remains.

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July 03, 2019

Serious Security: Beware eBay scrapers promising to help you

Selling items online? Watch out for people who suddenly offer to help!

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March 01, 2019

For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner

At $100, the old-gen iPhone encryption-cracking tools are a bargain to hackers looking to pick up leftover forensics or police Wi-Fi data.

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May 31, 2018

How to set up 2FA on eBay – go do it now!

Thankfully, since we first reported on it, eBay has binned its cumbersome 2FA procedure and replaced it a much easier process.

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March 28, 2017

eBay to ‘downgrade’ verification by switching to SMS

If you've got a hardware fob for eBay verification, it will still work for now, but be prepared to switch to another method for 2FA

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July 15, 2016

Setting up two-factor authentication on eBay: harder than it should be

Most services that offer two-factor authentication make it as easy as possible to set up. Unfortunately, eBay doesn't.

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