Dubbed Vigilante by researchers; the malware prevents the system from those sites that redistribute pirated software/data. The IT security researchers at SophosLabs have reported about an unusual new piece of malware dubbed vigilante. Researchers claim that it functions in an entirely different manner compared to its counterparts. SEE: Best legal, free online streaming sites for movies, […]
Are you looking for The Pirate Bay, Pirate bay proxies, or Pirate Bay alternatives? Fiction, you are on the right page, which includes the latest Piratebay news and a list of the best torrent sites. The Pirate Bay is one of the most famous torrent search engines in the world. A torrent search site allows […]
Looking for The Pirate Bay alternatives? You have come to the right place. The Pirate Bay (TPB) is one of the most visited torrent download websites in the world. However, lately, there has been an increase in its server downtime. Lately, the Dark web domain for The Pirate Bay is also offline. Moreover, The Pirate Bay was […]
The Pirate Bay is one of the leading copyright-protected content download platforms. According to an expert from the best ethical hacking Institute in India and the International Institute of Cyber Security, as it is a P2P file sharing website, is not considered precisely illegal. Thanks to the wide range of free content available, millions of […]
While P2P file sharing isn’t illegal, torrent websites turn out to be the biggest sources to download copyright-protected media. Due to a plethora of free content available there, users visit them in large numbers and often end up infecting their PCs with malware. Along the similar lines, the researchers from Kaspersky Labs have found that a […]
Cybercriminals often use torrent services to distribute malicious code since users who look for illegal content usually disable their privacy and security settings on the web as well as ignore system notifications. Resultantly, they fall prey to adware and malware campaigns hosted by popular torrent platforms. The PirateMatryoshka, named after a traditional Russian Doll, is […]
The Pirate Bay was caught twice secretly mining Monero cryptocurrency using Javascript powered by Coinhive. Popular in-browser crypto-mining service will be shutting down from March 9th, 2019 much to the dismay of hackers who loved it quite ardently. The reason behind this decision, according to Coinhive, is the declining value of Monero cryptocurrency due to the […]
Malicious hackers have infected some torrents on this platform with a malware functional in Windows operating systems Although in general this practice does not generate major drawbacks, experts in network security and ethical hacking from the International Institute of Cyber Security say that downloading a torrent involves taking some risks, as many of these files […]
The malware was found hidden in the Windows shortcut file on The Pirate Bay. A new malware has been identified in popular torrent forum The Pirate Bay. The malware is discovered in a shortcut file for a movie and it has the capability to manipulate web pages along with changing the addresses for Bitcoin and […]
Another day, another court order against The Pirate Bay (TPB). This time, the Patent and Market Court of Sweden has ordered the telephone company and mobile network operator Telia to block The Pirate Bay and other torrenting websites including NyaFilmer, FMovies, and Dreamfilm in the country. According to TorrentFreak, the interim order came after a complaint filed by a […]
The site has been inactive for more than a full day According to cyber security organization experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, authorities all around the world have asked their Internet service providers to block each and every one of the available piracy sites, including The Pirate Bay, but apparently there is another reason […]
The Pirate Bay is down for everyone for more than 20 hours. From the United States to India, all around the world authorities have told their Internet service providers (ISPs) to block each and every piracy site including The Pirate Bay but what about when these sites go down due to technical error or cyber attack? […]
The process of cryptocurrency mining slows down your computer and increases the energy bill – That is why it is time to find The Pirate Bay alternatives. The Pirate Bay is undoubtedly one of the most visited torrenting and file sharing websites. But did you know ThePirateBay.org is using the computing power (CPU) of your computer to mine cryptocurrency? […]
About a week ago, HackRead reported that the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been secretly using its visitors’ computing power (CPU) to mine cryptocurrency without their consent. Here, it’s noteworthy that The Pirate Bay did the same twice last year. However, now, the website has publically acknowledged the practice by deciding […]
More than a security breach, the Pirate Bay has made the virtual currency mining a source for advertising. The Pirate Bay has begun to notify its users that by entering the website they will be granting permission for their CPU to be used to mine virtual assets, all this after the page was again caught […]
Last year, when The Pirate Bay was first caught mining cryptocurrency without notifying the users, it created lost of havoc in the pirate community. While some supported the decision by calling it a way to assist the website operations, others expressed concern. The Monero cryptocurrency miner has been found to make an appearance once again, according […]
After being offline for over a week, The Pirate Bay is back online with a cryptocurrency mining code. Last year, it was reported that one of the most popular torrenting websites The Pirate Bay (TPB) was using Coinhive’s cryptocurrency mining code to generate Monero coins by using computing power (CPU) of its visitors without their consent […]
Last week, the torrent portal The Pirate Bay was put offline and more than five days have passed without the website being online. The Pirate Bay visitors can see a brief message stating that the page is currently offline. However, pentest experts point out that since the site uses Cloudflare’s Always Online technology, you can continue […]
Last week, the torrenting giant The Pirate Bay went offline and it has been over five days that the website has not surfaced back online. Those visiting The Pirate Bay can see a brief message from Cloudflare stating that “This page is currently offline. However, because the site uses Cloudflare’s Always Online™ technology you can continue to […]
It is a fact that The Pirate Bay has been suffering increasing service disruption since it moved from the SE domain to Org. In the last couple of months, the torrenting giant has gone offline over five times without informing its users what is going on. On June 20th, 2018, The Pirate Bay domain went […]
Another day, another irritating situation for The Pirate Bay fans. You are not alone, The Pirate Bay is down for everyone around the world. Those visiting The Pirate Bay right now can see error 502 message powered by Cloudflare stating that: “Thie page is currently offline. However, because the site uses Cloudflare’s Always Online™ technology you can […]