Category: Exploit

  • BitTorrent Vulnerabilities Exploited for DDoS Attacks

    BitTorrent Vulnerabilities Exploited for DDoS Attacks

    Security Researchers have discovered vulnerabilities in BitTorrent that can be exploited to run powerful Distributed Reflected Denial of Service (DRDoS) attacks that have the potential to bring down parts of the Internet. The research, carried out by Florian Adamsky at City University London, demonstrates how BitTorrent’s open protocols can be exploited to produce powerful DRDoS…