Mac malware inside BitTorrent app, signed with legit Apple developer ID
If you downloaded the legitimate BitTorrent client for Mac OS over the past few days, you may have installed a nasty backdoor, security experts have warned.
If you downloaded the legitimate BitTorrent client for Mac OS over the past few days, you may have installed a nasty backdoor, security experts have warned.
The title of security analyst is the most in-demand position in IT, according to a survey of industry demand. Yet much of that job still involves trying to teach employees not to fall for online scams – which, according to new figures, took over 2500 Australians for more than $22.7m last year alone. Add to this concerns that a defeat for anti-piracy efforts around the movie Dallas Buyers' Club will lead to increased use of BitTorrent – and all the security issues that it entails – and it's a tough, thankless job.
David Braue | 15 Feb | Read more
Some people who use uTorrent, the popular BitTorrent client, are up in arms over the presence of cryptocurrency mining software on their computers which they say was installed without their permission.
Zach Miners | 07 Mar | Read more
A security researcher is both testing and protesting U.S. cybercrime laws by publishing 10 million real usernames and passwords for research purposes.
Jared Newman | 11 Feb | Read more
BitTorrent dismissed claims that its popular peer-to-peer file synchronization program BitTorrent Sync has an insecure cryptographic implementation that potentially gives the company access to users' files.
Lucian Constantin | 20 Nov | Read more
On Tuesday, BitTorrent (the company) launched Sync 1.4, a brand new version of its peer-to-peer file syncing app that makes sharing folders with others a breeze. We have an in-depth hands-on with Sync 1.4 that will teach you how to use the app if you're not familiar with it.