Recently misconfigured or outdated NTP servers have been used in DDoS attacks aganist various organizations. This is not only a threat to the victim of the attack but also, bandwidth overage charges will apply if your server is participating in attacks without your knowledge. What is NTP? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol How is it being used offensively? http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/hackers-spend-christmas-break-launching-large-scale-ntp-reflection-attacks […]
Category: Service Vulnerabilities
DNS Open Resolvers
Recently DNS Open Resolvers have been used in DDoS attacks aganist various organizations. This is not only a threat to the victim of the attack but also, bandwidth overage charges will apply if your server is participating in attacks without your knowledge. If you are reading this article because a ticket was opened for […]
