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E-Commerce
fromPCMAG
3 days ago

Judge Orders Perplexity to Block Its AI Agents from Placing Orders on Amazon

A federal judge ordered Perplexity to block its AI agents from placing orders on Amazon without permission and destroy collected customer data.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.cnbc.com
3 days ago

Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent

A federal judge temporarily blocked Perplexity's Comet AI browser from accessing Amazon's website, finding strong evidence of unauthorized scraping and ordering the startup to cease access.
Information security
fromForbes
1 week ago

Adapting Brand Protection Strategies In The Age Of AI And Deepfakes

AI and automation have industrialized brand abuse at scale, requiring brands to move beyond manual enforcement to technology-driven defense strategies that match attacker velocity and economics.
Information security
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz

Web scraping bots are systematically targeting DRAM inventory across e-commerce sites, submitting millions of requests to identify stock for resale at inflated prices, with operators increasingly using AI tools to enhance their scraping effectiveness.
Information security
fromTechRepublic
1 month ago

Chrome Add-On Caught Stealing Amazon Commissions

Amazon Ads Blocker hijacks Amazon affiliate links, replacing creators' tags with developer tag 10xprofit-20 to redirect commissions while appearing to block sponsored ads.
fromSocial Media Today
2 months ago

TikTok Takes More Action to Protect Shoppers from Fraud

Just before Christmas, TikTok expanded launched an Intellectual Property Removal Request report, which provides an overview of its cumulative actions to protect intellectual property rights across the app. Between January and June 2025, TikTok removed 30x more products and content through proactive measures (before the product or content appeared on the platform) than was removed after being reported by others or detected after posting.
Intellectual property law
Information security
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Accused data thief dumped laptop in river to evade justice

A former Coupang employee stole a security key, accessed data on 33 million customers, retained details for about 3,000 accounts, then deleted the stolen data.
E-Commerce
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Can your shopping bot be trusted? How Visa will ensure scam-free AI transactions

Visa and Akamai are combining Visa's Trusted Agent Protocol with Akamai's threat intelligence to verify human-initiated AI agents and reduce fraud in agentic commerce.
fromMail Online
8 months ago

Warning issued over card scam hitting Apple and PayPal

Cybersecurity experts from Silent Push report that thousands of fake storefronts mimic major retailers, aimed at stealing payment information while delivering no products.
E-Commerce
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