Thinking about it, some encryption of your DropBox stuff might help here
too...there's stuff like DataLocker about that I know can do this. I
suppose the other thing to point out is that there isn't a vulnerability in
DropBox itself per se, it's just that if you have DropBox installed on a
machine connected to the corporate network, then it gives a hacker with
access to that machine a lot more leverage to compromise the network, if
I'm understanding it correctly.

Cheers,


JR

On 16 April 2013 15:21, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Way to beat that nasty...whitelisting.
>
> I guess that vector would work for a lot of these synchronization clients,
> so I guess good whitelisting is the only way. Luckily as I've started using
> AppSense DataNow instead of DropBox for mine, I get AppSense Application
> Manager along with it, which is probably the best whitelisting product I've
> seen.
>
> Very interesting read though, just shows that traditional AV can't really
> fend off a determined hacker.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> JR
>
>  On 16 April 2013 15:07, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote:
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