Botnet operators and cyber-espionage groups (APTs) are abusing the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol that comes with all modern routers to proxy bad traffic and hide their real location from investigators. In a report published on Monday, Akamai revealed that it detected bad actors abusing at least 65,000 routers to create proxy networks for various types of secret or illegal activities.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer