Using BitTorrent? Hackers Can Control Your PC Remotely

As we know, the popularity of streaming sites is growing day by day.

Streaming sites got a major boost when almost all major torrent site went down the previous year.

Undoubtedly, torrent downloading is not safe, but, this doesnt restrict users from downloading pirated files.

Using BitTorrent?

Hackers Can Control Your PC Remotely

As we know, people download torrent files using a BitTorrent client.

Recently, Googles Project Zero Team found acritical vulnerabilityin BitTorrent App.

According to the reports fromArs Technica, Hackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code on users computer.

The previous week, Googles Project Zero team shared the proof-of-concept attack code.

However, in this case, the vulnerability was made public within 40 days.

With this hacker can configure Transmission to run any command after the download has completed.

Its worth to note that the Transmission developers have also claimed to release the fix as soon as possible.

However, the developer team hasnt shared any specific date.