- Wi-Fi routers vulnerable to UPnP attack from hackers Posted by Rik Fairlie in SOHO Networking on Jan 15, 2008 8:28 AM Subscribe Alerts

- A couple of weeks ago we discovered that it’s possible for viruses to quickly spread among unsecured or WEP-encrypted Wi-Fi routers in densely populated urban areas. The solution seemed to...[Read the rest]
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