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PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: haikuman
Date: August 28, 2013 10:48PM
Well alrrrighty then ~!~ *(:>* It was bound to happen methinks.

JULIE BORT AUG. 28, 2013, 8:23 PM


[www.businessinsider.com]


Two security researchers blew by Dropbox's security features, gained access to private user files and published a paper that explained how they did it.
Their goal was to get Dropbox to create an open source version of itself, which means that anyone could look at its code and verify that the service is secure.

For instance, it added encryption and something called "two-factor authentication" which makes users take extra steps to log into a Dropbox account.

The researchers disabled both of those protections.


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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: Racer X
Date: August 28, 2013 10:57PM
The only safe way to store something is, well, there isn't one.
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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: cbelt3
Date: August 28, 2013 11:13PM
Paper in a locked safe.
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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: digby
Date: August 29, 2013 12:20AM
I memorize my files and then eat them.


Mmmm... gifs...
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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: jdc
Date: August 29, 2013 12:51AM
You quoted the wrong part -- this was the kicker:

Dropbox says that this research doesn't really put anyone's accounts at risk. A spokesperson gave us this statement:

“We appreciate the contributions of these researchers and everyone who helps keep Dropbox safe. However, we believe this research does not present a vulnerability in the Dropbox client. In the case outlined here, the user’s computer would first need to have been compromised in such a way that it would leave the entire computer, not just the user's Dropbox, open to attacks across the board."




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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: The UnDoug
Date: August 29, 2013 07:18AM
Good point, jdc, but Dropbox's response is similar to what many of us Apple zealots say when a new OS X "hack" is announced.

"Oh, it doesn't really matter because someone would have to user that charger/enter their admin password/etc."


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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: mikebw
Date: August 29, 2013 08:42AM
Nothing is 100% secure.
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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: space-time
Date: August 29, 2013 07:14PM
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mikebw
Nothing is 100% secure.

death.
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Re: PSA: Security Researchers Prove That Dropbox Can Be Hacked
Posted by: mikebw
Date: August 30, 2013 02:07PM
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space-time
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mikebw
Nothing is 100% secure.

death.

Death is guaranteed, I don't know if I would say it was secure though.
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