DPPA forms to build a decentralized blockchain-based data ecosystem
More than 20 businesses worldwide have announced the creation of the Data Privacy Protocol Alliance (DPPA), to build a decentralized blockchain-based data ecosystem that …
Dropbox qualifies Western Digital Ultrastar 20TB SMR HDD to meet growing cloud storage demands
Empowering the world’s most essential data infrastructures, Western Digital announced that Dropbox is one of the first to qualify the Ultrastar DC HC650 20TB, host-managed, …
Dropbox unveils new features: Passwords, document vault, backup
Dropbox unveiled several new features to help users keep life organized and keep work moving. Life has become more chaotic than ever, with work and home tasks blending …
Cybercriminals using custom phishing tools to target the world’s largest tech brands
Cybercriminals are using enterprise-based development and deployment strategies, such as phishing as a service (PaaS), to leverage some of the world’s largest tech brands, …
Dropbox strengthens security ecosystem with Google Cloud Identity and expanded partnerships
Dropbox strengthened its global collaboration platform by announcing partnerships and integrations that will give Dropbox Business customers access to security features …
Western Digital helps shape large-scale cloud infrastructure
Creating environments for data to thrive, Western Digital Corporation disclosed that Dropbox Inc. has qualified to deploy the Ultrastar Hs14 host-managed shingled magnetic …
Netflix, Dropbox promise not to sue security researchers, with caveats
Netflix and Dropbox have both noted recently that they won’t sue security researchers who find and disclose vulnerabilities in their products. The only caveat is: the …
Telecoms don’t protect users from government overreach
The data stored on our mobile phones, laptops, and especially our online services can, when aggregated, paint a detailed picture of our lives—where we go, who we see, what we …
Egyptian civil society NGOs targeted with sophisticated phishing
In the last few months, a number of Egyptian civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and independent activists have been targeted with personalized and generic …
60+ million Dropbox login credentials have been stolen
A breach disclosed by Dropbox in 2012 has resulted in the theft of usernames and hashed and salted passwords of over 60 million users. At the time, the company did not give …