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Fast-Growing Dropbox Campaign Steals Microsoft SharePoint Credentials

Issued by: Dark Reading

Threat actors are using messages sent from Dropbox to steal Microsoft user credentials in a fast-growing business email compromise (BEC) campaign. The effort evades natural language processing (NLP)-based security scans, and demonstrates the rapid evolution of these types of attacks. Researchers at Check Point Harmony observed more than 5,000 of the attacks — in which…

Malware & Threats

Dropbox Code Repositories Stolen in Cyberattack on GitHub-Based Developers

Issued by: Dark Reading

A massive phishing campaign targeting GitHub users convinced at least one developer at Dropbox to enter in their credentials and a two-factor authentication code, leading to the theft of at least 130 software code repositories. According to a Dropbox advisory on Nov. 1, the mid-October attack consisted of emails that appeared to be from CircleCI,…

Cloud Security

Perception Point Raises $28 Million Grow Collaboration Protection Platform

Issued by: Security Week

The company describes itself as a protector against “content-based attacks” that come via collaboration channels, including email, cloud storage, CRM apps, and messaging platforms. Perception Point logoPerception Point says its solution can be rolled out in minutes with no change to enterprise infrastructure, and can help prevent the spread of malicious files, URLs, and block…

Vulnerabilities

Netflix, Dropbox promise not to sue security researchers, with caveats

Issued by: Help Net Security

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 researchers must conduct the research in line with their vulnerability disclosure policy and bug bounty program guidelines.