Dropbox potential security flaw revealed, could be exploited by hackers !
May 18, 2011
It seems that information which Dropbox, the popular web-based file-sharing site/service, issued in response to a US Federal Trade Commission complaint, has revealed a potential security flaw that, according to Ray Bryant, CEO of Idappcom, could be exploited by hackers. According to Bryant, after becoming upset with Dropbox's claims over encryption, a security researcher filed an FTC complaint against the network and, as part of its response, the firm revealed that users' files are hash-tagged each time they are uploaded. This means that, if user A uploads, for example, pictures with a given hash-tag and then user B uploads the same name/sized file - with the same hash-tag - their version is not actually uploaded. Put simply, he claims, users A and B share access to user A's first file, without user A's permission. Bryant says it may also be possible to upload an infected version of a popular file on other services and, when other users `upload' the legitima...