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Security Review – BitTorrent

Summary BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that has risen in popularity very rapidly.  It is a file-distribution protocol that facilitates transferring large files between peers.  In order to download a certain set of files, a user would typically find … Continue reading

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Over 400,000 Accounts Stolen from phpBB

It was discovered last Saturday that an attacker was able to steal thousands of user accounts, passwords, and e-mails from phpBB.com.  phpBB is open source and one of the most popular internet forum packages.  The attack utilized a 0-day-exploit in … Continue reading

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