9 years ago
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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