DDoS Attacks Abusing Network Timing Protocol Flood the Web | Linux Today

DDoS Attacks Abusing Network Timing Protocol Flood the Web

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 16, 2014

US-CERT warns of an increase in distributed denial-of-service attacks that leverage Network Timing Protocol.

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can take on many different forms, as those who commit them leverage different techniques to drown Websites under a flood of traffic. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is warning of an increased risk from DDoS attacks that leverage the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to amplify the attack volume.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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