Dropbox Addresses Security Concerns, Provides New Features

In a blog post, Dropbox has provided an explanation as to why some of their users were getting spam on their email addresses which they had used to register at the site. The investigation in this matter revealed that stolen usernames and passwords were used to login to Dropbox accounts. The breached users were contacted  by the team and were helped to secure their accounts.

#-Link-Snipped-#

The major cause of spam was identified when the investigators came across the fact that a stolen password was used to enter an employee’s Dropbox account which had a project document containing user email addresses. Dropbox apologized for the same and promised that such incidents will be avoided in future.

The new features that are introduced or will be introduced to improve security include two-step authentication procedure during sign in, automatic mechanisms for detection of suspicious activity, a page to help the user to see all the active logins and in cases where the passwords are not strong or haven’t been changed, the site will ask the users to change them.  The site has also advised users not to use same passwords across different sites.

Source: #-Link-Snipped-#

Replies

You are reading an archived discussion.

Related Posts

Google Wallet was not a successful app for it had certain limitations. The app was designed to personalize one's phone into a virtual wallet, allowing the user to make payments...
Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved an ingestible microchip that can be consumed via pills. The microchip is a normal digital chip made up of silicon with traces...
After an upgrade to Nokia Drive, Nokia now provides a new version of Nokia Maps for Lumia devices. In the new version, Nokia Maps takes user requests into account and...
In May, The Facebook App Center went live and until recently was available to users residing in the US. According to a tweet from Facebook PR personnel, this service from...
Ford assembles thousands of components together to manufacture a finished vehicle, production procedures of which are very complex. In manufacturing plants, it is important that efficient methods are employed...