A teenage whitehat hacker said he has found a simple way that attackers can bypass the two-factor authentication system PayPal uses to protect user accounts. The ...

Oftentimes, looking at a given security vulnerability or mistake by a vendor, it’s easy to wonder how on earth the bug got through in the first place or the company didn’t catch the problem earlier.

A security researcher has uncovered a simple method for bypassing the two-factor authentication mechanism that PayPal uses to protect accounts that are tied to eBay accounts. The vulnerability is ...

A flaw in PayPal’s two-factor authentication could allow attackers to gain access to up to 143 million PayPal accounts, according to researchers at Duo Security, a two-factor security company in ...

Just over a month ago, security researchers revealed that one of PayPal’s primary mechanisms to protect accounts from hackers had been fundamentally flawed for years. Researchers at Duo Security ...

Android malware authors are always out looking to make a buck, and it looks as though one particular outfit has struck gold. Researchers from ESET have come across a malicious app called Optimization ...

If you’ve ever shopped online, sent money to a friend, or run a small business, chances are you’ve used or at least considered using PayPal. With millions of users worldwide, PayPal is one of the most ...

"Users with 2FA enabled simply complete one extra step as part of logging in — as they normally would — but end up being just as vulnerable to this trojan’s attack as those not using 2FA," Stefanko ...

If you are one of those active users of PayPal, this could be alarming for you. There’s a new trojan virus on the prowl now. And it plans to take all your money away from you through the Paypal app.

It has been a tough few weeks for online payments giant PayPal. First came the confirmation that an authentication hack would enable an attacker to access an account once credentials had been phished, ...