Flaw in Popular μTorrent Software Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely

If you have installed world’s most popular torrent download software, μTorrent, then you should download its latest version for Windows as soon as possible.

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Flaw in Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used Transmission BitTorrent app that could allow hackers to remotely execute malicious code on BitTorrent users’ computers and take control of them.

The vulnerability has been uncovered by Go… Continue reading Flaw in Popular Transmission BitTorrent Client Lets Hackers Control Your PC Remotely

The Pirate Bay Caught Running Browser-Based Cryptocurrency Miner

The world’s popular torrent download website, The Pirate Bay, has again been in a new controversy—this time over secretly planting an in-browser cryptocurrency miner on its website that utilizes its visitors’ CPU processing power in order to mine digital currencies.

The Pirate Bay is the most popular and most visited file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of

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ISPs Should Block ‘The Pirate Bay’ Torrent Site: Top European Court Rules

The Pirate Bay — a widely popular file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of charge — is once again in trouble, this time in Europe.

The European Union Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled today that Dutch ISPs can block access to The Pirate Bay, as the Swedish file-hosting website facilitates an “act of communication” by allowing users to post and obtain torrents

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ExtraTorrent, Popular Torrent Site, Permanently Shuts Down!

After the shutdown of Kickass Torrents and Torrentz.eu, it’s time for the torrent community to say goodbye to the second most popular torrent site in the world, ExtraTorrent.

Yes, the popular torrent site ExtraTorrent has permanently shut down. So, st… Continue reading ExtraTorrent, Popular Torrent Site, Permanently Shuts Down!

Torrentz.eu Shuts Down Forever! End of Biggest Torrent Search Engine

Over two weeks after the shutdown of Kickass Torrents and arrest of its admin in Poland, the world’s biggest BitTorrent meta-search engine Torrentz.eu has apparently shut down its operation.

The surprise shutdown of Torrentz marks the end of an era.
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Kickass Torrents — Domain Names Seized! Owner Arrested! Website Goes Down!

The federal authorities have finally arrested the alleged mastermind behind the world’s largest and most notorious BitTorrent distribution site Kickass Torrents (KAT), the US Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

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The Pirate Bay Founder Ordered to Pay $395,000 Fine in Lawsuit he didn’t even know about

One of the founders of notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been ordered to pay a fine worth nearly US$400,000 to several major record labels after their content was shared illegally via the platform.

The penalty has been imposed on The … Continue reading The Pirate Bay Founder Ordered to Pay $395,000 Fine in Lawsuit he didn’t even know about