Who would have imagined that Network Time Protocol (NTP) — such an innocuous protocol designed to synchronise the clock on your laptop, smartphone, tablet, and network infrastructure devices — could be abused to cause so much damage? NTP reflection/amplification DDoS attacks are the current weapon of choice, especially those 1Gb/second and larger —some now exceed 300Gb/second.
read more.........http://letstalk.globalservices.bt.com/en/security/2014/06/danger-latest-ntp-attacks/
read more.........http://letstalk.globalservices.bt.com/en/security/2014/06/danger-latest-ntp-attacks/