While many financial phishing schemes require development of bank- and region-specific phishing pages, PayPal’s international reach and widespread popularity mean that attackers can develop phishing pages once and attack inRead More →
PayPal fixed an issue that could have allowed an attacker to hijack OAuth tokens associated with any PayPal OAuth application. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on Monday by Antonio Sanso,Read More →
Recent research on web security and related topics. Provided and maintained by members and friends of the Chair for Network and Data Security, Horst Görtz Institute, Ruhr-University Bochum. Do youRead More →
While many email providers, clients, and anti-spam engines have become adept at detecting spam, malicious messages sent via high-profile, legitimate providers are much harder to catch. Threat actors continue toRead More →
PayPal recently fixed a vulnerability on its PayPal.me site that could have let an attacker change a user’s profile without permission. The issue stemmed from a cross-site request forgery (CSRF)Read More →
PayPal has just fixed a security vulnerability that could have been exploited to send malicious emails to users via its platform. Researchers at security firm Vulnerability Lab have discovered a filter bypass and anRead More →
PayPal addresses issue after security researcher broke into their servers and took data files just to prove his point. Michael “Artsploit” Stepankin, an independent security researcher, has discovered a criticalRead More →
Emsisoft researchers creates decryption tool.Fabian Wosar of Emisoft has created a tool capable of decoding files encrypted by the DecryptorMax ransomware, also known as CryptInfinite. The ransomware gets its nameRead More →
One day, as you’re busy surfing on one of your favorite online stores, you stumble upon a pair of chic shades … they’re the very ones you’ve been looking for,Read More →
A recent spam campaign is leading users to a fake PayPal app which steals their real credentials, but also comes hard-coded to target other mobile banking applications. With more andRead More →
