[news] How ebay ports scans your machine

[unixman_again]

Two interesting articles

https://blog.nem.ec/2020/05/24/ebay-port-scanning/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/26/ebay_port_scans_your_pc/

 

I don't use ebay much, but as a Linux user, I take heart in this bit of The Register article "The port scanning script does not always run. We have only seen it run on Windows, and normally only on the first visit to eBay after some unspecified period." Also, one of the comments in The Register, tells you how to disable it.