I know about minor(read major) spoofs that Paypal has been getting into but is their sysyem hackproof??? Money disappeared from someone's acc?????????? Delayed payments can be entertained as long as my money dosen't vanish.
Spoof emails do not come from the Paypal website and from what I noticed from the phishing emails, they are just bulk sent to anyone and everyone. I received their emails even on email addresses of mine which are not being used with Paypal ever. Of course when you receive such an email, you need to identify the source of the email and if someone who believes they originates from Paypal and enter their email address and password into the phishing site, their details are captured and can be used to withdrawl money from the paypal accounts. The important thing here is not to fall into any phishing con. Verify all the emails by going directly into your Paypal account by typing http://www.paypal.com in your web browser and not use whatever links which comes from the spoof email. Paypal will always identify you explictly in your full registered name and they will never ask for your password in the emails. When in doubt, always check the URL in the email to see that the underlining URL is that of Paypal. If it is not, forward the mail to .
Your paypal wont get hacked the only chance of having your account stolen is phishing or a virus. Although ive had my paypal temporary closed almost instantly when i logged in with a different ip so theres obviously some protection for that. If your money was emptied through your credit card on paypal you would get a refund from your bank although that can take a while.
The other reason being that why would someone go to the immense trouble of hacking an individual paypal account, when they can get a few hundred people with an easily made phising scam or keylogger. That, and paypal has a good history of getting back unauthorized transactions. Out of a personal curiosity, does anyone know if paypal can be brute forced? An idiot friend of mine said that it could, but I'm sure that they have a flood control setup installed, if nothing else just for anti-DDOS attacks.
Paypal is not some small business struggling in the market but rather it is an established player in the industry and since money transfer is their core business, I am sure they would have everything in their power both electronically and legally to protect their clients' accounts and thereby their reputation. You might be able to brute-forced into Paypal private domains but I am sure you would be caught in no time. I see Paypal as an international financial institution which may be at par with the other established international banks around.
Thanks for ur responses but I still have a question intruging me Has anyone you know tried brute force hacking paypal Alok
Obviously if someone sends you an email asking you to log in to your paypal and then provides a link, don't do it. Paypal will never ask you to do that.
i think they lock someone's account temporarily after several login attempts were made so no bruteforcing
I have never had it done to me, i get the phishing emails all the time, but just check the url, plus they often make spelling mistakes or font mistakes etc.. If something was to happen and they tried to draw out a large amount of money i would just call my bank and put a stop on it. Im in the UK and funds take a few days to transfer.
There is really no difference in security of SSL certificates, their security measures are done on seperate layers then the certificate itself. Firewalls, trend analysis, proxy checking and other software side functionality would prevent hacking.
I think it depends on the person using a website or whatever. If you are smart enough no one can hack you even with some weak security.
My sister works in paypal technical outbound support and she told me theres no way that paypal is hack proof. Reason is... Most hackers works hard to bypass passwords and paypal use the login method which has username and password some hacker stay close to the person to get more info and try his luck on bypassing his/her account. And one more thing. There is also a threat on emails. Once you get a suspiscious email that says they are from paypal blah blah.. BANG! ingore it or else YOU GOT PUNKED! Thanks for my sister.. he he
Listen, nothing is hack proof, a programmer in wales hacked into the ministry of defence sever, it was closed down for a day (I belive he is currently going through a court case for it)