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Fewer NTP servers can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks, but threat remains

Jun

2014

The number of NTP servers that can be abused to amplify DDoS attacks has decreased dramatically this year, but the threat remains.

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Number of Vulnerable NTP Servers Spirals Down

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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