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The Weekend Saw Dropbox Users Frustrated by Issues with Syncing and Uploading Files
Jan 15, 2013The weekend saw Dropbox users frustrated by issues with syncing and uploading files, as well as creating shareable links. The issues became so severe that the stability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) was called into question. According to a ...
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Swiss Scientists Have Developed an Algorithm That Can Be Used to Locate Spammers
Aug 13, 2012IDG News Service - Swiss scientists have developed an algorithm that can be used to locate spammers as well as the source of a computer virus or malware. The algorithm finds the source by only checking a small percentage of the ...
Tags: IDG News Service, EPFL, Pedro Pinto, Physical Review Letters
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Dropbox's Employee's Accounts Was Compromised, Leading to a Raft of Spam
Jul 31, 2012Dropbox said Tuesday one of its employee's accounts was compromised,leading to a raft of spam last month that irritated users of the cloud-storage service. A stolen password was used to access the employee's account,which contained"a ...
Tags: Dropbox, spam attack, two-factor authentication, security problem
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A Widespread Spam Attack Linking to Malware Has Broken out on Twitter
Jul 27, 2012A widespread spam attack linking to malware has broken out on Twitter, according to the security firm Sophos. The malicious tweets often read "It's you on photo?" or "It's about you?" The tweets and URLs often include a user's Twitter ...
Tags: Twitter, spam attack, USA, malware, vulnerabilities