BitSight recently observed the networks of 30,700 companies and found 23 per cent of organizations were using the BitTorrent protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing. Among these companies, BitSight also observed that 43 per cent of torrented applications contained malicious software.
Download this report to learn the correlation between peer-to-peer file sharing activity and botnet infections, how it impacts security ratings, and why monitoring for third parties is crucial.