BitTorrent fixed reflective DDoS attack security flaw

Two weeks ago, The Hacker News reported how a serious flaw in the popular peer-to-peer BitTorrent file sharing protocols could be exploited to carry out a devastating distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, allowing lone hackers with limited resources to take down large websites.

uTorrent may be paid software

The uTorrent team may switch to a new revenue model where it will ask users for money. The company says it will test several alternatives during the weeks and months to come but ensures that there will options for every budget.