The network time protocol was updated to ntp-4.2.8p8, patching a handful of vulnerabilities that can be leveraged in DDoS attacks.
Tag Archives: NTP
Threatpost News Wrap, October 23, 2015
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week: How Facebook will begin warning users of nation-state attacks, all the Apple and Oracle patches, and the latest attacks against the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
Novel NTP Attacks Roll Back Time
Researchers at Boston University have published new attacks against the Network Time Protocol (NTP) that jeopardize the security of numerous online activities.
Two NTP Key Authentication Vulnerabilities Patched
DHS warns of two symmetric key authentication vulnerabilities in the NTP protocol that were patched this week.
Exploits Circulating for Remote Code Execution Flaws in NTP Protocol
Researchers at Google have uncovered several serious vulnerabilities in the Network Time Protocol and experts warn that there are exploits publicly available for some of the bugs. The vulnerabilities are present in all versions of NTP prior to 4.2.8 and include several buffer overflows that are remotely exploitable. The NTP is a protocol that’s used […]
Arbor: DDoS Attacks Getting Bigger as Reflection Increases
New reflected distributed denial of service attack techniques are increasing the volume of each attack as well as the overall frequency of large-scale DDoS attacks.