Posts Tagged ‘phishing’

eBay Account Guard to be discontinued; enhanced protection offered by IE7 and Firefox3

Posted by Rich LaMagna

Hi Everyone,
As we continue in the online services industry to improve our tools and technology designed to create a safer online experience, eBay has been working with industry partners such as Internet Explorer and Firefox3 to identify phishing and other potentially risky sites. Although we originally developed filtering technology for the Account Guard [...]

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No Phishing Allowed

eBay, PayPal and Google have partnered together to ensure that Google’s Gmail (https://mail.google.com) service will automatically detect PayPal and eBay phishing e-mails and prevent them from reaching your Gmail inbox.
“We’re very excited that Google has taken this step and is working with us to help protect your online safety,” said Michael Barrett, the chief information [...]

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