Security concerns in popular cloud storage services

Cheng-Kang Chu; Wen Tao Zhu; Jin Han; Kai Sui Joseph Liu; Jia Xu; Jianying Zhou

doi:10.1109/MPRV.2013.72

Security concerns in popular cloud storage services

Cheng-Kang Chu, Wen Tao Zhu, Jin Han, Kai Sui Joseph Liu, Jia Xu, Jianying Zhou

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

48 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The authors provide a systematic security analysis on the sharing methods of three major cloud storage and synchronization services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. They show that all three services have security weaknesses that may result in data leakage without users awareness.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50 - 57
Number of pages	8
Journal	IEEE Pervasive Computing
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MPRV.2013.72
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Access to Document

10.1109/MPRV.2013.72

RM sElocation

Cite this

@article{9ac70b6eb5234f73aa06d85490bb8658,

title = "Security concerns in popular cloud storage services",

abstract = "The authors provide a systematic security analysis on the sharing methods of three major cloud storage and synchronization services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. They show that all three services have security weaknesses that may result in data leakage without users awareness.",

author = "Cheng-Kang Chu and Zhu, {Wen Tao} and Jin Han and Liu, {Kai Sui Joseph} and Jia Xu and Jianying Zhou",

year = "2013",

doi = "10.1109/MPRV.2013.72",

language = "English",

volume = "12",

pages = "50 -- 57",

journal = "IEEE Pervasive Computing",

issn = "1536-1268",

publisher = "IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Security concerns in popular cloud storage services

AU - Chu, Cheng-Kang

AU - Zhu, Wen Tao

AU - Han, Jin

AU - Liu, Kai Sui Joseph

AU - Xu, Jia

AU - Zhou, Jianying

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - The authors provide a systematic security analysis on the sharing methods of three major cloud storage and synchronization services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. They show that all three services have security weaknesses that may result in data leakage without users awareness.

AB - The authors provide a systematic security analysis on the sharing methods of three major cloud storage and synchronization services: Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. They show that all three services have security weaknesses that may result in data leakage without users awareness.

UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org.ezproxy.lib.monash.edu.au/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6648580

U2 - 10.1109/MPRV.2013.72

DO - 10.1109/MPRV.2013.72

M3 - Article

VL - 12

SP - 50

EP - 57

JO - IEEE Pervasive Computing

JF - IEEE Pervasive Computing

SN - 1536-1268

IS - 4

ER -