Difference between revisions of "BitTorrent"

==Malware==

==Malware==

Several studies on BitTorrent have indicated that there exist files, containing [[malware]], available for download via BitTorrent. In particular, one small sample<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/searching-for-malware-in-bittorrent/1681115 | title=Searching for Malware in Bit Torrent |first=Andrew D. |last=Berns |first2=Eunjin (EJ) |last2=Jung |date=24 April 2008 |publisher=[[University of Iowa]], via [[TechRepublic]] |accessdate=7 April 2013 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501051349/http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/searching-for-malware-in-bittorrent/1681115 | archivedate = 1 May 2013| deadurl=yes}}{{registration required}}</ref> indicated that 18% of all executable programs available for download contained malware. Another study<ref>{{Citation|last1=Vegge|first1=Håvard|last2=Halvorsen|first2=Finn Michael|last3=Nergård|first3=Rune Walsø|title=2009 Fourth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection|pages=66|publisher=IEEE Computer Society|year=2009|url=http://www.rookconsulting.com/Downloads/NTNU-zeroday-project-2008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617143905/http://www.rookconsulting.com/Downloads/NTNU-zeroday-project-2008.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-17|format=PDF ''(orig. work + pub. paper)''|doi=10.1109/ICIMP.2009.19|chapter=Where Only Fools Dare to Tread: An Empirical Study on the Prevalence of Zero-Day Malware|isbn=978-1-4244-3839-6}}</ref> claims that as much as 14.5% of BitTorrent downloads contain [[Zero-day attack#Viruses|zero-day malware]], and that BitTorrent was used as the distribution mechanism for 47% of all zero-day malware they have found.

Several studies on BitTorrent have indicated that there exist files, containing [[malware]], available for download via BitTorrent. In particular, one small sample<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/searching-for-malware-in-bittorrent/1681115 | title=Searching for Malware in Bit Torrent |first=Andrew D. |last=Berns |first2=Eunjin (EJ) |last2=Jung |date=24 April 2008 |publisher=[[University of Iowa]], via [[TechRepublic]] |accessdate=7 April 2013 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130501051349/http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/searching-for-malware-in-bittorrent/1681115 | archivedate = 1 May 2013| deadurl=yes}}{{registration required}}</ref> indicated that 18% of all executable programs available for download contained malware. Another study<ref>{{Citation|last1=Vegge|first1=Håvard|last2=Halvorsen|first2=Finn Michael|last3=Nergård|first3=Rune Walsø|title=2009 Fourth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection|pages=66|publisher=IEEE Computer Society|year=2009|url=http://www.rookconsulting.com/Downloads/NTNU-zeroday-project-2008.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617143905/http://www.rookconsulting.com/Downloads/NTNU-zeroday-project-2008.pdf|archive-date=2013-06-17|format=PDF ''(orig. work + pub. paper)''|doi=10.1109/ICIMP.2009.19|chapter=Where Only Fools Dare to Tread: An Empirical Study on the Prevalence of Zero-Day Malware|isbn=978-1-4244-3839-6}}</ref> claims that as much as 14.5% of BitTorrent downloads contain [[Zero-day attack#Viruses|zero-day malware]], and that BitTorrent was used as the distribution mechanism for 47% of all zero-day malware they have found.

=== BitErrant attack ===

=== BitErrant attack ===