Security Flaws in UPnP Expose Millions of Networked Devices to Remote Attacks

30 Jan 2013  /  11:30am  /  By Wong Chung Wee

Security experts from Rapid7 have recommended disabling the UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) protocol on network-enabled devices. This is to prevent hackers from exploiting inherent flaws in the UPnP protocol to gain unauthorized access to their networks remotely.