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Not-so anonymous Anonymouses head off to prison over PayPal DDoS
Four young Englishmen who went on an Anonymous rampage back in 2010 weren't as anonymous as they might have hoped.
They were traced, identified and arrested...now two of them are on their not-so-anonymous way to prison.
Smart octogenarian foils scammer who said he would buy item via PayPal
A man in his eighties tries to sell a generator for his friend online.
When a potential buyer asks to send his payment through via PayPal - what could possibly go wrong?
Monday review - the hot 22 stories of the week
Here you go.
All the stories we wrote in the past seven days, in case you missed anything (or just want to read them again).
PayPal phishing scams - take care of yourself online this Christmas
PayPal users are being targeted in what is a now-typical pattern of phishing against the global payment service.
The trick is short and simple: you receive an email "acknowledging" a smallish payment. It's $79 to an eBay advertising service in our example...
Why buy a PayPal authentication token if a crook can login without it? [POLL]
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PayPal will sell you an authentication token that can greatly boost your account security.
But you can skip token authentication easily. Find out how, and vote in our poll to say what you think of this feature...
Will iPhone 5 have a fingerprint scanner? And will anybody use it?
The internet is abuzz with whispers that Apple's iPhone 5, rumoured to be launched this week, will come with a fingerprint scanner to secure the device. If true, this could be a big step forward in iPhone's quest to become a digital wallet, but will convenience-crazy iPhone users embrace biometrics?
PayPal starts bounty program for security bugs
If you've found a security issue with PayPal, you could receive a monetary reward for informing the firm responsibly.
Reason to be careful if 'PayPal' says you have changed your email address
Have you received a notification claiming that your PayPal email address has changed?
Spammed out messages attempt to steal personal information from PayPal users.
Fresh Phish disguised as a PayPal Urgent Account Review Notification
A wave of phishing emails targeting users of PayPal has been hitting mailboxes this weekend preying on your fear that someone has compromised your account.
LulzSec and Anonymous hacker suspects arrested by US, UK and Dutch authorities
Computer crime authorities will be hoping that they have struck a significant blow against the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups, following a series of raids and arrests on both sides of the Atlantic.
PayPal UK's Twitter profile commandeered by angry hacker
The Twitter profile of payment giant PayPal UK was compromised today, apparently by a disgruntled customer. How do such major organizations continually lose control of their social media personas?
A wave of PayPal phishing emails
Spam messages are being spammed around the world, pretending to come from PayPal but really designed to steal your credit card information.
PayPal phishing - has your account been temporarily limited?
A phishing scam targeting PayPal users has been widely spammed out.
Would you be likely to enter your personal information into the attached form?
Hacker toolkits attracting volunteers to defend WikiLeaks
Principal SophosLabs researcher Vanja Svajcer investigates tools used in DDoS attacks coordinated by AnonOps group against major payment processing sites such as Visa, MasterCard and PayPal.
Mystery surrounds iTunes/PayPal web scam
Here's the story so far. On Monday, TechCrunch reported that there appeared to be a "major security hole" in iTunes accounts which were linked to PayPal. Affected users began to report that somehow unauthorised charges had appeared on their PayPal Read more…
PayPal phishing attack - would you have been fooled?
Here's an email I received this morning claiming to come from PayPal, informing me that my account has been suspended because someone has been repeatedly trying (and failing) to access it. From: service@paypal.com Subject: A high number of failed login Read more…
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