Be careful with what you torrent. A new tool on the black market is helping hackers distribute malware through torrent files in exchange for a fee. On Tuesday, security researchers at InfoArmor said ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

Give web site BitLet the URL of a .torrent file and it downloads the file using its web-based BitTorrent client. Beyond that, BitLet is pretty simple: just paste the address of the .torrent file, ...

The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents are the two top file-sharing services in the world. Which one is safer to download from, and how can file sharers protect themselves from potentially downloading ...

One of the biggest potential drawbacks to file sharing is the potential for downloading a hidden virus or malware. Of the top two torrent sites, The Pirate Bay and Kickass Torrents, is one safer than ...

Most of us are comfortable using BitTorrent to download files, but the popular file-sharing protocol is also a great tool for sharing your own stuff with family, friends, or the world at large. Here's ...

The digital world has continuously evolved. But torrenting is still alive and kicking in 2025. Yes — streaming essentially dominates most media consumption. However, peer-to-peer file sharing remains ...

BitTorrent bakes its Bundle program into the latest version of its uTorrent and BitTorrent software. Next up: torrent pay walls. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt covered Google and security for CNET News ...

One of our favorite BitTorrent clients, uTorrent, recently came under fire over complaints that an updated build silently installed a cryptocurrencly miner called EpicScale. Several uTorrent users ...

Daniel writes guides on how to use the internet, explainers on how modern technology works, and the occasional smartwatch or e-reader review. He especially likes deep diving into niche topics that ...

Fake movie torrents deliver multi-stage malware without the user noticing execution stepsAgentTesla steals browser, email, ...