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Tavis Ormandy, an IT security researcher at Google’s Project Zero has identified a critical flaw in Transmission BitTorrent app that if exploited lets attackers take full control of a targeted computer on Linux or Windows operating system. Ormandy warned that the flaw (CVE-2018-5702) is present in Transmission Function that allows attackers to control the BitTorrent app through their web […]
A critical flaw discovered in BitTorrent Transmission client app that allows an attacker can remotely control the victims PC by using a method called DNS Rebinding which leads to Transmission control can remotely access by an attacker via a malicious website. Bit Torrent Transmission Client performing download an seeding operation using Client and server architecture […]
If you’re able to wipe the dust off your memories, you might remember Edward Snowden–the guy who defamed the National Security Agency by revealing their surveillance secrets in 2013. Now, a part of the documents leaked by Edwards Snowden, released by The Intercept, exposes another unsurprising thing about the spying activities conducted by the NSA. […]
Short Bytes: The world of the top ranking torrent websites has seen a lot of changes since the last year’s list of the best torrent websites appeared on Fossbytes. In 2017, the original torrent king, The Pirate Bay, is back at the same top position in this year’s list of the best and most popular torrent […]
Short Bytes: By looking at the Mac OS X torrent clients for ease of use and features, less annoying advertising and no toolbar attached, we came up with a list of the best programs. The best torrent clients for Mac OS X includes the likes of uTorrent, Transmission, Deluge, etc. You can use these torrenting programs for getting […]
Short Bytes: BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen believes that a storage-based cryptocurrency will do better as compared to processor time-based Bitcoin, which has flaws like 51% attack. Due to these reasons, Cohen is planning to create his own cryptocurrency and Bitcoin-alternative. In the upcoming months after completing some work at BitTorrent Inc., he plans to dedicate himself […]
Short Bytes: The U.S. law enforcement agencies like the FBI are using modified BitTorrent clients to catch child pornography offenders. FBI loads the known child porn torrent links in these special clients and catches the people who share child porn using their IPs and trackers. In the recent past, many men have faced lengthy prison […]
It’s been a while now since the BitTorrent giant The Pirate Bay is offline worldwide while only thing which users can see when visiting the domain is CloudFlare cache along with an alert that “This page is currently offline. However, because the site uses CloudFlare always online technology, you can continue to surf the snapshot […]
Short Bytes: BitPort is a service that allows you to download and stream torrents online. You can download torrents on BitPort’s cloud storage and view them whenever you like. It also includes features like file manager, FTP server access, etc. Video or movie torrents can also be streamed to various devices including Android, iOS, Chromecast, […]
Short Bytes: If you’re a regular torrent downloader, you should know that your torrent download history is publically available on the website called “I Know What You Download.” Just type your IP address to see the list. For movie and TV show pirates, it’s nothing short of a nightmare. (Note: If you’re having dynamic IP-addresses […]
Kickass Torrents is again from the lifeless! Again in July, the world’s largest and most infamous BitTorrent distribution web page Kickass Torrents (KAT) with thousands and thousands of unique daily visitors turned into shut down by the U.S. government following the arrest of its alleged owner Artem Vaulin. rapidly after the shutdown, a collection of […]
Torrentz.eu, the Mega Torrents Search Engine Shuts Down. 2016 is a bad year for torrent websites and the torrents community as a whole. Just weeks after one of the most popular torrents website,KickassTorrents was shut down, another Torrents community icon, Torrentz.Eu has mysteriously shut shop. It has been exactly sixteen days since US Department of Justice […]
Short Bytes: WebTorrent is a BitTorrent client written for the web in JavaScript. It uses WebRTC for P2P transport and you don’t need any installation or plugin in your browser to use it. It’s a combination of BitTorrent technology and online video streaming with an aim to re-decentralize the web. BitTorrent is a widely used communication method […]
A Bosnian music group has released a song in support of The Pirate Bay (TPB) and bashing the authorities on copyright related rules and regulations. A Bosnian music band Dubioza Kolektiv on Friday released the official video of their song “Free.mp3 (The Pirate Bay Song)” which the band has dedicated to the founders of the […]
Short Bytes: Today in its blog, BitTorrent announced that it has fixed a vulnerability that allowed the attackers to take down websites by carrying out distributed reflective denial of service attacks (DRDoS). Recently Florian Adamsky gave a presentation at a USENIX Workshop tell the possibilities of exploiting UDP-based protocols for DRDoS attacks. uTorrent, BitTorrent, and […]
Reflective technique would let attacker amplify traffic and flood targets. BitTorrent has fixed a flaw in its technology that quietly turns file-sharing networks into weapons capable of blasting websites and other internet servers offline. The San Francisco company said Thursday the patch for its libuTP software will stop miscreants from abusing the peer-to-peer protocol to […]
Short Bytes: According to a new research, your BitTorrent client and BitTorrent Sync can be targeted and successfully exploited for DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. Attackers can use BitTorrent protocols to amplify and reflect traffic using the fellow torrent users using the original bandwidth. The paper named “P2P File-sharing in Hell: Exploiting BitTorrent Vulnerabilities to […]
Enough about storing your data on world’s smallest 128GB memory card or some other invention poised to be the next HDD-killer. Today, I’m going to tell you how an innovative DIYer preserved his files safely in his own food store, just like you store your vegetables and fruits. DIYer Matt Reed used few household items […]
It seems that after the Police bust on The Pirate Bay last year, the domain has habit to go down often. Yes, The Pirate Bay is currently offline and the reason for the outage is still unknown (The word out there is that Game of Thrones pirates may have overloaded the server). Even if the Game […]
Jared Leto and Matthey McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club Dallas Buyers Club? Remember the Academy Award winning movie of 2013? Also, are you an Australian and do you remember seeding its torrent on BitTorrent? If the above answers are yes, you are having some tough times ahead. The parent company behind this Matthey McConaughey starrer has won […]
The Pirate Bay has been facing extreme pressure from the Hollywood and music industry backed domain name industry. In recent times, The Pirate Bay has to switch multiple domain names due to these problems. In an unparalleled move, The Pirate Bay’s parent company Reservella Ltd. is now trying to get a .PIRATE extension for the […]