Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Paypal / eBay security done right!
Protect yourself from the 0-day's, keyloggers, and Trojans with RSA SecurID token for Paypal and eBay . These have been around for over a year now, so if you don't have one of these yet sign up right away (if you use eBay/ PayPal). A security token (random 6 numbers generated every 60 seconds) will be used in conjunction with your password every time you log into eBay and Paypal. Therefore, if someone had stolen your password they would also need your keychain (hard to pull off from Moscow or Kuala Lumpur). It's only $5 and while not impossible to defeat it offers a great deal of protection from account theft.
As you know for every protective measure there is a counter-measure, once authenticated if someone steals your cookie they can masquearade as you. Paypal is currently vulnerable to xss attacks btw..
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