Security

[scuttlebuck]

Can anybody advise me if it is a security risk to put an xbox360 into the dmz of a router i need to do this because i have two consoles one is on port forwarding.Because i need to have an open nat,and my router only allows one ip address to be on port forwarding.

 

[tchr]

What is a model of your router? Most of the known models have an ability to forward as many port as there are.

 

[mhw]

You cannot forward the same ports to two devices, unless you have two external IP-adresses...

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I have not heard of or read about an XBox being hacked remotely across a network. They can be compromised when the owner "installs/users" special cracked tools and games and mods...similar to someone on a PC downloaded "warez" that comes with nasty little surprises inside of it.

Not long ago there was a huge ZBot (zeus) army issue over in England, that was used to steal a lot of money from banks. It was made up of:
280,000 Windows Machines (varying versions)
3,000 Macs
300 Playstations
7 Wii

I couldn't find out if the Wiis were hacked remotely, or via trojans like the "PSP.Brick" trojan that was installed by owners downloading and installing cracked mods.

But again, I can't recall reading where an XBox was hacked remotely by having it out in the DMZ, however...I find it hard to believe it hasn't happened..after all, it's a Microsoft OS...thus has to be heavily targeted. If not "yet"...I'm going to guess in due time we'll see it happen.

 

[scuttlebuck]

Thanks Stonecat i haven't been able to find anywhere that says the 360 has been hacked, but I was wondering if any credit card details were stored on the console locally or just on microsofts servers.If the latter then it shouldn't be a problem.