There's a new, sophisticated PayPal scam draining the bank accounts of unsuspecting victims. Hackers are ambushing users of the platform in a tricky way that seems so legit, it's not sending off alarm ...

PayPal and Venmo just rolled out something big: AI-powered scam alerts for Friends and Family payments. If you've ever worried about accidentally sending money to a scammer, this new feature is ...

With more than 434 million users and counting, PayPal is an attractive target for scammers. Many online scams that involve payment apps—including Cash App, Venmo, and Zelle—bank on the fact that users ...

Cybersecurity is a cat-and-mouse game, with new technologies providing more sophisticated protections -- and threats. That has only accelerated with generative AI, which has led to even more advanced ...

About a month ago, I received a scam email that almost tricked me. It purported to be from PayPal, alerting me to an almost $1,000 charge that was “logged to a new profile.” The message implied that ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Let’s get two things out of the way before digging deeper into ...

If you see this email in your inbox, beware. A new phishing scheme claiming to be from PayPal is directing users to call a fake support number on a verified invoice from “SJ3 Norman Enterprises.” The ...

of unsuspecting victims. Hackers are ambushing users of the platform in a tricky way that seems so legit, it’s not sending off alarm bells until it’s too late. “The new scam going around is catching ...