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 ...

Update, Mar. 1, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 28, now includes details of a new PayPal “no code checkout” scam. Hot on the heels of Google confirming that it is replacing the use of SMS ...

Activating a PayPal security key with your PayPal account requires a constantly changing six-digit passcode in addition to your username and password, every time you ...

Question: I suddenly started getting security passcodes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? Answer: It can be quite disconcerting ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Jan. 11, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 9 ...

Q: I suddenly started getting security passcodes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? A: It can be quite disconcerting to get a ...

A recent PayPal email scam used real PayPal messages to show fake purchase details and a callback number. See how it worked.

Q: I suddenly started getting security pass codes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? A: It can be quite disconcerting to get a ...