QNAP urges users to take action to protect devices against Brute-Force attacks

Taiwanese manufacturer QNAP published an alert urging its customers to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices have been hit by brute-force attacks.

This week the Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an alert urging users to secure their devices after a growing number of users reported that their devices have been hit by brute-force attacks.

“With increasing reports of brute-force attacks, QNAP urges its users to take immediate action to enhance the security of their devices.” reads the alert published by the vendor. “Recently QNAP has received multiple user reports of hackers attempting to log in to QNAP devices using brute-force attacks – where hackers would try every possible password combination of a QNAP device user account.”

The vendor suggests actions like using strong passwords, changing the default access port number, and disabling any admin account. The company also suggests avoiding exposing their devices on public networks avoid using default network ports for public services.

“Other steps to strengthen the security of QNAP appliances and mitigate brute-force attacks include setting complex (strong) passwords for user accounts, enabling password policies, and disabling the admin account.” continues the alert.

Additional steps that users can take to ensure that their devices are not targeted include keeping them away from public networks and ensuring that no default network ports are used for public services.

Furthermore, QNAP recommends that users set complex passwords for their accounts, that password policies are enabled, and that the admin account is disabled. These steps, the company says, can improve device security and mitigate brute-force attacks.

The Taiwanese manufacturer also published a FAQ page that explains how to detect unauthorized login attempts on a device, and how to prevent attackers from compromising the device.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, QNAP)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.