What are good practices for backing up files stored on online Cloud Services? [closed]

Apart from application data, I solely use Dropbox and Onedrive to store my files, photos and other documents – with Dropbox hosting the bulk of it ~600 GB.
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Dropbox qualifies Western Digital Ultrastar 20TB SMR HDD to meet growing cloud storage demands

Empowering the world’s most essential data infrastructures, Western Digital announced that Dropbox is one of the first to qualify the Ultrastar DC HC650 20TB, host-managed, shingled magnetic recording (SMR) hard disk drives (HDD). With Western Digital … Continue reading Dropbox qualifies Western Digital Ultrastar 20TB SMR HDD to meet growing cloud storage demands

Dropbox begins shift to high efficiency Western Digital Shingled Magnetic Recording disks

Last year, Dropbox talked about making a shift to Shingled Magnetic Recording or SMR disks for short because of the efficiency they can give a high volume storage platform like theirs. Today, Western Digital announced that Dropbox was one of the first companies to qualify their Ultrastar® DC HC650 20TB, host-managed SMR hard disks. Dropbox’s […] Continue reading Dropbox begins shift to high efficiency Western Digital Shingled Magnetic Recording disks

Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy

Google’s Threat Analysis Group sheds more light on targeted credential phishing and malware attacks on the staff of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Continue reading Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy

Dropbox, Linkedin hacker sentenced to 7 years in prison

By Deeba Ahmed
Yevgeniy Nikulin aka Linkedin hacker, a Russian national was found guilty of hacking into LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring.
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Russian Gets 7 Years in Prison for Linkedin, Dropbox & Formspring Hacks

A Russian man received a seven-year prison sentence for having hacked into computers belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring. On September 30, Honorable William H. Alsup, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, sentenced Yevg… Continue reading Russian Gets 7 Years in Prison for Linkedin, Dropbox & Formspring Hacks

The highest valued company in Bessemer’s annual cloud report has defied convention by staying private

This year’s Bessemer Venture Partners’ annual Cloud 100 Benchmark report was published recently and my colleague Alex Wilhelm looked at some broad trends in the report, but digging into the data, I decided to concentrate on the Top 10 companies by valuation. I found that the top company has defied convention for a couple of […] Continue reading The highest valued company in Bessemer’s annual cloud report has defied convention by staying private

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston says the pandemic forced the company to reevaluate what work means

Dropbox CEO and co-founder Drew Houston, appearing at TechCrunch Disrupt today, said that COVID has accelerated a shift to distributed work that we have been talking about for some time, and these new ways of working will not simply go away when the pandemic is over. “When you think more broadly about the effects of […] Continue reading Dropbox CEO Drew Houston says the pandemic forced the company to reevaluate what work means

[SANS ISC] Using API’s to Track Attackers

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Using API’s to Track Attackers“: For a few days, I’m keeping an eye on suspicious Python code posted on VT. We all know that VBA, JavaScript, Powershell, etc are attacker’s best friends but Python is also a good candidate to perform malicious activities on

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