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Using BitTorrent Vulnerabilities to Launch Distributed Reflective DoS Attacks (Threatpost)

2015-08-17 17:42

Researchers warn several BitTorrent protocols can be leveraged to carry out distributed reflective denial of service (DRoS) attacks.

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http://threatpost.com/using-bittorrent-vulnerabilities-to-launch-distributed-reflective-dos-attacks/114296

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Bittorrent		4	0	8	2	3	13

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