Trend Micro has observed the first instance of hackers using DropBox to host the command and control instructions for malware and botnets that have made it past corporate firewalls. The goal of hackers is to disguise their malicious software as regular traffic between corporate end points and cloud-based services. The advantage of this for the cybercriminals is that the network traffic between the C&C software and the infected malware or botnet looks like regular traffic that would be communicating between a hosted cloud and the business. Trend Micro is worried this is just the start of a natural evolution of how cyrbercriminals just like legitimiate businesses will continue to use cloud resources to launch attacks.”]