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  • Internet time servers exploited for 'unprecedented' Q1 DDoS surge

    An "unprecedented spike" in the size of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Australian organisations was due to a surge in Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection and amplification attacks, Arbor Networks has claimed on the release of new figures showing the first quarter's largest DDoS attack peaked at 325 gigabytes per second.

    David Braue | 30 Apr | Read more