P2P Networks Hijacked for DDoS Attacks
Netcraft reports that Peer-to-peer networks are being hijacked to launch an increasing number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on web sites, according to security researchers and network service providers. In these attacks, large numbers of client computers running P2P software are tricked into requesting a file from the intended target of the DDoS, allowing the attacker to use the P2P network to overwhelm the target site with traffic.
These type of attacks began appearing on the Internet in early 2007 and have accelerated in recent weeks. As many as 100,000 machines had been used in some of the attacks.
So file sharers and torrenters out there, be careful these days! You might be attacking some site without even knowing that you have become a hacker ;)
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