GoBotKR Targets Pirate Torrents to Build a DDoS Botnet

A botnet dubbed GoBotKR is targeting fans of Korean TV, compromising computers via pirated copies of South Korean movies, games and TV shows available via Korean and Chinese torrent sites. Ultimately, the cybercriminals are building a network that can then be used to perform DDoS attacks of vario...

[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: aria2-1.34.0-4.fc29

aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink version 3.0. Currently it has following features: - HTTP/HTTPS GET support - HTTP Proxy support - HTTP BASIC authentication support - HTTP Proxy...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: aria2-1.34.0-4.fc28

aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink version 3.0. Currently it has following features: - HTTP/HTTPS GET support - HTTP Proxy support - HTTP BASIC authentication support - HTTP Proxy...

BitTorrent APP has multiple vulnerabilities

BitTorrent APP is an office software. BitTorrent APP has multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive information...

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: aria2-1.34.0-4.fc30

aria2 is a download utility with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent. It also supports Metalink version 3.0. Currently it has following features: - HTTP/HTTPS GET support - HTTP Proxy support - HTTP BASIC authentication support - HTTP Proxy...

Demonoid goes offline with owner missing in action for last two months

By Waqas It has been many days since a popular, semi-private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid has remained offline. The employees working for this website are also clueless about what’s happening and claim that the owner of Demonoid, Deimos, is also missing. None of them have had any contact with him...

CVE-2018-13417

In Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: 1 Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user...

Xxe

In Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: 1 Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user...

CVE-2018-13417

In Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0, the XML parsing engine for SSDP/UPnP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can use this vulnerability to: 1 Access arbitrary files from the filesystem with the same permission as the user...

CVE-2018-13417

Vulnerable component: Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0. Root cause: XML External Entity Processing (XXE) in the SDL/UPnP/SSDP XML parsing engine. Impact: unauthenticated remote attackers can read arbitrary files on the host and may trigger SMB-based NetNTLM credential exposure (crack to cleartext) ...

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 SSDP Processing XML Injection

Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13417 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Unauthenticated attackers on the same L...

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13417 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML...

Vuze Bittorrent Client 5.7.6.0 - SSDP Processing XML External Entity Injection

Issue: Out-of-Band XXE in Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP Processing Reserved CVE: CVE-2018-13417 Vulnerability Overview The XML parsing engine for Vuze Bittorrent Client's SSDP/UPNP functionality is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Processing XXE attack. Unauthenticated attackers on the same L...

Transmission: Remote code execution

Background Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client. Description A vulnerability was discovered in how Transmission handles access control through the X-Transmission-Session-Id. Impact A remote attacker could execute arbitrary RFC commands or consequently conduct a DNS rebinding attack...

TRON Cryptocurrency Founder Buys BitTorrent, µTorrent for $140 Million

BitTorrent, the company which owns the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has quietly been sold for $140 million in cash to Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain-focused startup TRON. TRON is a decentralized entertainment and content-sharing platform that uses blockchain and distributed storag...

TRON Cryptocurrency Founder Buys BitTorrent, µTorrent for $140 Million

BitTorrent, the company which owns the popular file-sharing client uTorrent, has quietly been sold for $140 million in cash to Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain-focused startup TRON. TRON is a decentralized entertainment and content-sharing platform that uses blockchain and distributed storag...

rtorrent 0.9.6 Denial Of Service

Exploit Title: rtorrent 0.9.6 - Denial of Service Date: 2018-01-10 Exploit Author: ecx86 Vendor Homepage: http://rtorrent.net Software Link: https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/releases Version: I', lenmsg crash += msg s = socket.socketsocket.AFINET, socket.SOCKSTREAM s.connect'1.3.3.7', 6890...

bittorrent-dht Remote Memory Disclosure Vulnerability

bittorrent-dht is a Node.js implementation of the BitTorrent DHT protocol. A security vulnerability exists in bittorrent-dht versions prior to 5.1.3. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability to disclose internal memory by sending a specific series of messages...

Security feature bypass

A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory...

CVE-2016-10519

A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory...