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Online Payment Fraud

Examines fraud schemes targeting online payment platforms, digital wallets, and e-commerce transactions. Topics include credential theft, unauthorized transactions, fake payment confirmations, and man-in-the-middle attacks. Learn proven strategies to secure online payments and protect both personal and business financial accounts from cybercriminals.

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PayPal Phishing Attacks

PayPal Phishing Attacks: How to Spot and Stop Them

In January 2021, a wave of PayPal phishing attacks hit inboxes so convincingly that even security-savvy professionals did a double take. The emails replicated PayPal's branding pixel-for-pixel, warned of "unusual activity" on the recipient's account, and linked to a login page hosted on a

Carl B. Johnson Aug 15, 2021 7 min read
PayPal Phishing Attacks

PayPal Phishing Attacks: How to Spot and Stop Them

A Single PayPal Email Cost One Business Owner $68,000 I got the call on a Tuesday morning. A small business owner in Ohio had received what looked like a routine PayPal dispute notification. She clicked the link, entered her credentials, and within four hours, a threat actor had drained

Carl B. Johnson Apr 05, 2019 8 min read