Following up on an article posted here last week, online payment service Paypal has denied claims that the company will lock Apple's Safari web browser out of its service as it works to revamp itself against online credit fraud.

According to Maqcworld, Paypal corporate communications spokesman Michael Oldenburg stated that PayPal is developing features to block customers from logging into PayPal when using obsolete browsers on outdated or unsupported operating systems. An example of such a browser/OS combination might be, for example, Internet Explorer 4 running on Windows 98. In doing so, we better protect our customers from viewing a phishing site through their browser. We have absolutely no intention of blocking current versions of any browsers, including Apple’s Safari, from our website.”

Phishing web sites are designed to look like the legitimate web sites of major brands and seek to elicit financial and personal information from visitors. Users are lured to the sites through unsolicited emails, or can unwittingly land on one if a phisher has bought a domain with a convincing-looking name or one with slightly different spelling.

Apple has yet to comment on the rumors or announced what it will do to enhance anti-phishing security in its Safari web browser.

If you've heard anything about this on your end or have a phishing story of your own, let us know over in the comments or forums.