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UPnP Flaw Helps Pop IoT – Daily Security Byte EP. 186

December 4, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

One of WatchGuard’s partners, Trend Micro, found that many devices are still using an older version of a common Universal Plug-n-Play (UPnP) library that suffers from a very serious vulnerability. This new research is very similar HD Moore’s UPnP disclosures a few years ago; the difference being Trend Micro specifically found the issue affecting many Internet of Things (IoT) devices and mobile apps. Watch my vlog below to learn more about it.

(Episode Runtime: 3:32)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjmTGyiyBS0

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Trend Micro’s blog post on the UPnP vulnerability threatening many IoT devices – Trend Micro
  • An article covering this new Iot/UPnP threat – ZDNet
  • My old blog post on similar research from HD Moore – WatchGuard Blog
  • Rapid 7’s research paper on HD Moore’s UPnP discoveries [PDF] – Rapid 7

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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