PayPal to block ‘unsafe’ browsers
Posted by trm96 | Filed under Technology News
If you are using Apple’s Safari or Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and you use PayPal you might be finding your self using another browser to access your PayPal account. The reason is they are to block access to your account using those browsers and other browsers they call “unsafe”. Under this proposed action you will not be able to use any web browser that does not contain “anti-phishing protection”. This action is in direct relation to the number of instances of “phishing” attacks on it’s users.
“PayPal is recommending the use of blacklists, anti-fraud warning pages, and EV SSL certificates.” Browsers without anti-phishing features will be considered “unsafe.” It seems likely Safari will be included in this category given PayPal’s warning about the Apple browser last month. “‘At PayPal, we are in the process of reimplementing controls which will first warn our customers when logging in to PayPal of those browsers that we consider unsafe. Later, we plan on blocking customers from accessing the site from the most unsafe–usually the oldest–browsers,’ he declared. Barrett only mentioned old, out-of-support versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer among this group of ‘unsafe browsers,’ but it’s clear his warning extends to Apple’s Safari browser, which offers no anti-phishing protection and does not support the use of EV SSL certificates.”
Tags: internet, Internet security, PayPal, phishing
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