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 […]
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.
Black Lotus, a company that provides distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack protection solutions, has published its threat report for the first quarter of 2014. The company highlights the fact that the network time protocol (NTP) amplification attacks that made a lot of headlines earlier this year have been largely contained. However, Black Lotus warns that new […]
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