Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access user data

Computerworld Security: August 29, 2013
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Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access user data

Developers who were able to bypass Dropbox's security by reverse-engineering
Python applications -- the language used by the cloud storage provider --
described their technique in a published paper.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. New York Times site hack shifts attention to registry locks
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2. Hacker points Syrian telecom website to AT&T, T-Mobile
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3. Pirate Bay co-founder appeals fraud conviction, says others controlled his computer
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4. Spear phishing led to DNS attack against the New York Times, others
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New York Times site hack shifts attention to registry locks

One way that owners of major websites can mitigate the risk of their domains
being hijacked like The New York Times' site was on Tuesday is to apply what is
known as a registry lock on the domain, security researchers say.
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Hacker points Syrian telecom website to AT&T, T-Mobile

The website of a Syrian telecommunications provider redirected to AT&T's
website and then T-Mobile's on Wednesday, an apparent prank by a hacker who has
been probing the country's Internet infrastructure for several days.
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Pirate Bay co-founder appeals fraud conviction, says others controlled his computer

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg's appeal of his conviction on
charges of data intrusion, attempted aggravated fraud and aggravated fraud
started on Wednesday, with arguments centering on the contention that other
parties used the defendant's computer by remote control.
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Spear phishing led to DNS attack against the New York Times, others

The cyberattack that resulted in nytimes.com and some other high-profile
websites being inaccessible to a large number of users Tuesday started with a
targeted phishing attack against a reseller for Melbourne IT, an Australian
domain registrar and IT services company.
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