How To Guard Against New DDoS Attacks That Hit EA Sports

Without the right security, your NTP server could be used to launch denial of service attacks like the ones that hit Steam and EA Games this month.

Network time protocol servers tell other computers what time it is and help keep the Internet in sync. But if your NTP server isn't properly secured, it can be hijacked into joining distributed denial of service attacks and knocking other machines offline.

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