BitTorrent today announced that a patch has been rolled out in the libuTP protocol used by many of its clients, fixing a vulnerability that allows attackers to carry out distributed reflective denial of service attacks.
Tag Archives: DRDoS
Using BitTorrent Vulnerabilities to Launch Distributed Reflective DoS Attacks
Researchers warn several BitTorrent protocols can be leveraged to carry out distributed reflective denial of service (DRoS) attacks.
BitTorrent Vulnerability Can Be Exploited for DDoS Attacks
BitTorrent is extremely popular – be it because it is just a great tool to get your programs and other files distributed or because of other less legal reasons.
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BitTorrent family susceptible to DRDoS attacks
A new study shows that applications belonging to the BitTorrent family are vulnerable to DRDoS attacks.
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