BitTorrent Fixes Reflective DDoS Attack Security Flaw

Two weeks ago, we reported how a serious flaw in the popular peer-to-peer BitTorrent file sharing protocols could be exploited to carry out a devastating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, allowing lone hackers with limited resources to take down large websites.



Good news is that the developers of BitTorrent have fixed the security issue in its service that is being used by

Popular Download Service μTorrent wants you to pay for its Software

Just to enhance the services being rendered.



The popular peer-to-peer file sharing software application is aiming to achieve new heights by making their software be a paid scheme.



uTorrent is one of the clients of BitTorrent Inc. (the parent company) which implements a BitTorrent protocol. Where each client is capable of creating, publishing, and transmitting any computer file over a

How to Exploit BitTorrent for Large-Scale DoS Attacks

A flaw discovered in several widely used BitTorrent applications, including uTorrent, Vuze and Mainline, could be used to carry out a devastating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that makes it very easy for a single undetectable hacker to bring down large sites.



A new research by Florian Adamsky of the City University London shows that open BitTorrent protocol can be exploited

MegaNet — New Decentralized, Non-IP Based and Encrypted Network

The Famous Internet entrepreneur and former hacker Kim Dotcom, who introduced legendary Megaupload and MEGA file sharing services to the World, has came up with another crazy idea — To start his very own Internet that uses the "blockchain".



Just last month, Kim Dotcom, a German millionaire formerly known as Kim Schmitz, launched the public beta of its end-to-end encrypted video and audio