Security News

Attackers Use UPnP to Sidestep DDoS Defenses
2018-05-15 16:19

Universal Plug and Play networking protocols can be exploited to bypass DDoS mitigations.

UPnP protocol exploit makes it harder for IT to shut down DDoS attacks
2018-05-15 15:46

Attackers can use the Universal Plug and Play protocol to hide packet sources during a DDoS attack.

More UPNP woes: crashable library bites routers and software (The Register)
2017-05-15 01:33

Attacking UPnP Through HTML/JS/PHP/WebRTC and DNS Rebind PoC (Reddit)
2015-09-02 01:53

UPnP Trouble Puts Devices Behind Firewall at Risk (Threatpost)
2015-09-01 17:11

Networked devices behind a firewall are at risk to attack because of poor authentication in the UPnP protocol in most home routers.

Filet-O-Firewall: A vendor agnostic UPnP vulnerability (Reddit)
2015-08-31 13:45