Flash attack could take over your router

Mike Selecky · From: BrookPark, Ohio

Researches have found a way to exploit the universal plug and play protocol as well as Adobe's Flash to hijack computers and change the primary DNS server

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/15/Flash-attack-could-take-over-your-router_1.html?source=NLC-WEBSERVICE&cgd=2008-01-16

http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/flash-upnp-attack-faq

Wiz Feinberg · From: Mid-Michigan, USA

I recommended disabling UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), as well as remote administration, in your routers, plus setting a personal, strong administrator password, for the router (or modem/router combo). There are modem and router exploits in the wild that can be stopped by merely setting a good administrator password on the unit. Disabling UPnP stops that attack vector. Leaving Remote Administration enabled is just asking for trouble.
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