Sunday, 16 August 2015

BitTorrent Can Be Exploited for DoS Attacks, Research Warns

BitTorrent Can Be Exploited for DoS Attacks, Research Warns

With dozens of millions of active users at any given point in the day the BitTorrent protocol is a force to be reckoned with. While BitTorrent swarms are relatively harmless, a new paper published by City University London researcher Florian Adamsky reveals that there’s potential for abuse. The paper, titled ‘P2P File-Sharing in Hell: Exploiting BitTorrent Vulnerabilities to Launch Distributed Reflective DoS Attacks...
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