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Number of Vulnerable NTP Servers Spirals Down

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Jun

2014

The amount of NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers that could be exploited for massive distributed denial-of-service attacks has decreased to over 17,000 in May, from a total of 432,120 available worldwide in December 2013. Vulnerable NTP servers, normally used for time synchronization, can be employed to amplify a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) because of the […]

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NSFOCUS Research Finds Decrease in NTP Servers Vulnerable to Abuse in DDoS Attacks

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Jun

2014

Researchers at NSFOCUS say they observed a significant decrease in May of Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers susceptible to being used in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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DDoS Attacks Prove Costly, Could Top 800 Gbps in 2015: Research

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Apr

2014

The amount of distributed denial-of-service attacks jumped significantly in 2013, and dealing with them was not cheap, according to a new report from Neustar. In a survey of 450 companies in North America across various verticals, 60 percent reported experiencing a DDoS attack in 2013, up from just 35 percent in 2012. Generally, these attacks […]

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Number of Vulnerable NTP Servers Spirals Down

NSFOCUS Research Finds Decrease in NTP Servers Vulnerable to Abuse in DDoS Attacks

DDoS Attacks Prove Costly, Could Top 800 Gbps in 2015: Research

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