Forwarding ports on your router so devices can talk to the outside world can be a pain in the butt if you have a lot of gear, so it makes sense why a technology like UPnP sounds so convenient. This ...

You've probably never checked whether your Internet router is set by default to use a harmless-sounding protocol called Universal Plug and Play. If it does, now's a good time to turn it off. The ...

If you think picking a complicated password is all the protection your Wi-Fi needs, think again. I thought my Wi-Fi was secure—until I really checked out my Wi-Fi and router settings. Encryption is ...

Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP urged customers on Monday to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to prevent exposing their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to ...

A malicious campaign known as 'Eternal Silence' is abusing Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) turns your router into a proxy server used to launch malicious attacks while hiding the location of the threat ...

A recently discovered botnet has taken control of an eye-popping 100,000 home and small-office routers made from a range of manufacturers, mainly by exploiting a critical vulnerability that has ...

You may have heard the term Universal Plug and Play, or UPnP, thrown around in Xbox forums or network settings and wondered what it is. It's actually a networking protocol that lets devices on your ...