According to the security team at Rapid7, technology used worldwide in both routers and standard networking equipment is making it possible for hackers to potentially infiltrate approximately 40 ...

Q: Recently the Denver Post had articles telling computer users to disable UPnP and Java because of hackers using them to gain control of a person’s computer, but didn’t tell us how to do it. Can you ...

Security experts are advising that a networking feature known as Universal Plug and Play be disabled on routers, printers, and cameras, after finding it makes tens of millions of Internet-connected ...

Security researchers have warned that faulty implementations of the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol in common routers are leaving millions of users at risk of attack. UPnP was introduced as a ...

In a project that found more than 80 million unique IP addresses responding to Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) discovery requests, researchers at Rapid7 were shocked to find that somewhere between 40 ...

There are days when I read a news story and wonder if there is anything involving electronics that doesn’t have a security flaw. Today was one of those days. Rapid7 discovered a security flaw in ...

For a couple of years, I have used Connect360 from Nullriver to connect my Mac to an Xbox360. There is now also a PS3 in the home plus my stereo receiver can connect to media servers directly.

Intel, Linksys and other network equipment makers announced Tuesday that they are supporting Microsoft-backed software that connects consumer-electronic devices together. Microsoft's Universal Plug ...

Intel, Linksys and other network equipment makers announced Tuesday that they are supporting Microsoft-backed software that connects consumer-electronic devices together. Microsoft's Universal Plug ...

Researchers have uncovered three sets of serious security flaws in the protocol for a component that allows computers and other devices to easily connect and communicate on a network. The flaws were ...

While the real fix is to correct the shortcomings in UPnP software and firmware to prevent devices from acting as reflectors, Akamai suggests steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of devices ...

Taking the concept of peer-to-peer connectivity typified by the universal plug and play protocol to the next level, Quadros Systems, Inc., has just released its RTXC Quadnet UPnP SDK, a software ...