BitTorrent-based DDoS tool outlined at hacker convention

A system for turning trackerless BitTorrents into DDoS tools has been described at a hacker convention, potentially using peer swarms for inadvertent botnet-style cyberattacks. Hacker “Astro” revealed the process in a talk called “Lying to the Neighbours” earlier this week, whereby a decentralized DHT could be maliciously co-opted to target certain websites by overloading their [...]

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