The year 2013 is quickly turning into the year of cyberattack awareness, and a common
router protocol is one of the latest security holes that urgently demands your attention. The UPnP, or Universal Plug n Play, protocol is designed to let networked devices find
each other easily. The idea is that you should be able to plug a networked device into a
router, and the router will easily discover the device. Problems potentially arise because UPnP isn’t authenticated. This lack of authentication has kept things simple for connecting printers, streaming media players and other devices in the home and office.
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How to Close Gaping UPnP Router Security Holes
Posted by: Patrick Nelson March 21, 2013 05:00 AMThe year 2013 is quickly turning into the year of cyberattack awareness, and a common
router protocol is one of the latest security holes that urgently demands your attention. The UPnP, or Universal Plug n Play, protocol is designed to let networked devices find
each other easily. The idea is that you should be able to plug a networked device into a
router, and the router will easily discover the device. Problems potentially arise because UPnP isn’t authenticated. This lack of authentication has kept things simple for connecting printers, streaming media players and other devices in the home and office.