Yes, I know, you're a hardworking system or network administrator and you want to go home for the holidays. Too bad, so sad. ISC-CERT is reporting that several major network time protocol (NTP) ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a core element of the ...

Apple has released its very first automated security update for Mac computers in a bid to protect them from bugs that have been newly identified by security experts. The bugs could possibly be ...

NTP 4.2.8p9 includes a patch for a vulnerability that could crash ntpd with a single malformed packet. A researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in the Network Time ...

SEATTLE -- We're foolish. We live our lives on the internet and we take it for granted. We don't realize that the internet is fragile as a Chihuly glass sculpture. As 2014 OpenSSL Heartbleed security ...

From ISPs to enterprises, all businesses must extricate their collective heads from the sand and tackle the DDoS threat posed by large volumetric attacks. Darren Anstee explains how… Attack ...

Earlier this week, Apple pushed its first automatic security update to Mac users. The security update plugged a vulnerability in the OS X operating system connected to the network time protocol (NTP).

Most OS X security updates are issued alongside other fixes via the Software Update mechanism, and these require some kind of user interaction to install—you’ve ...

The adage that in lawsuits the only sure winners are the lawyers is doubly true in the years-long patent battle between Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry handheld, and NTP, a company with ...