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I remember somebody on here was joking calling me paranoid a few weeks back, but I came across this article today. I had known about it for sometime since Windows implemented Plug and Play, but the folks made their findings public recently...
In summary, someone can use Flash and the Windows Universal Plug and Play, (OLD
lug and pray, NEWlug and prey) to get around your router security. So someone can open ports in the router without your knowledge and gain access to your network. Once access is gained to the network, your firewall can be reconfigured using flash. Once the firewall is reconfigured, someone has open access to your network and everything else on it.
For the techies out there, the blog from GNUCitizen is a very intriguing read on how it is done.
In summary, someone can use Flash and the Windows Universal Plug and Play, (OLD
lug and pray, NEWlug and prey) to get around your router security. So someone can open ports in the router without your knowledge and gain access to your network. Once access is gained to the network, your firewall can be reconfigured using flash. Once the firewall is reconfigured, someone has open access to your network and everything else on it. For the techies out there, the blog from GNUCitizen is a very intriguing read on how it is done.