BitTorrent-based file sharing communities are very popular nowadays. Anecdotal evidence
hints that such communities are exposed to content pollution attacks (ie, publication of" …

A Distributed Denial-of-Service attack uses multiple sources operating in concert to attack a
network or site. A typical DDoS flood attack on a website targets a web server with multiple …

The Sybil attack consists on the indiscriminate creation of counterfeit identities, by a
malicious user (attacker), in large-scale, dynamic distributed systems (for example, Peer-to …

With the rapidly increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, various
interconnected devices have become targets of growing cyberattacks. Keeping the firmware …

An effective approach to tackle Sybil attacks consists in establishing computational puzzles
to be solved prior to granting new identities. Solutions based on this approach, despite their …

Peer-to-peer live streaming applications are becoming increasingly popular, and already
reach millions of users worldwide. There are, however, many aspects in which these …

BitTorrent networks are nowadays the most employed method of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file
sharing in the Internet. Recent monitoring reports reveal that content copies being shared …

The degree of autonomy provided to users when publishing contents in P2P file sharing
systems allows the dissemination of files with inaccurate, incorrect or imprecise descriptions …

作为文件, 信息和资源等联网内容的共享平台, 内容共享网络在互联网中具有十分广泛的分布.
随着网络技术的快速发展和深入应用, 特别是对等网络的兴起与流行, 极大地方便了人们通过 …

In Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, file sharing application is popular among internet users due
to its high scalability and anonymity. The increasing number of polluted or infected contents …