Pierluigi Paganini
April 20, 2022
QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to secure their NAS devices. Taiwanese vendor QNAP urges customers to disable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) port forwarding on their routers to protect their network-attached storage (NAS) devices from attacks. UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 15, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns most of its NAS devices are impacted by high severity Linux vulnerability dubbed ‘Dirty Pipe.’ Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP warns most of its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are impacted by the recently discovered Linux vulnerability ‘Dirty Pipe.’ An attacker with local access can exploit the high-severity vulnerability Dirty Pipe to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 16, 2022
QNAP NAS devices are under attack, experts warn of a new Qlocker ransomware campaign that hit devices worldwide. A new wave of Qlocker ransomware it targeting QNAP NAS devices worldwide, the new campaign started on January 6 and it drops ransom notes named !!!READ_ME.txt on infected devices. In May, the Taiwanese vendor QNAP warned its […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 27, 2021
A new wave of ech0raix ransomware attacks is targeting QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. The threat actors behind the ech0raix ransomware are targeting NAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Users reported numerous compromises of their devices a few days before Christmas. According to BleepingComputer, forum users reported an intensification of the attacks since December 20, the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 06, 2021
The Zero Day Initiativeâs Pwn2Own Austin 2021 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $1,081,250 for 61 zero-day flaws. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiativeâs Pwn2Own Austin 2021 hacking contest has ended, the participants earned a total of $1,081,250 for 61 zero-day exploits. The participants compromised NAS devices, mobile phones, printers, routers, and speakers from Canon, Cisco, HP, NETGEAR, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 01, 2021
Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP is working on security patches for its products affected by recently fixed OpenSSL flaws. Taiwanese Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP announced that it is assessing the potential impact of two recently addressed flaws in OpenSSL on its products. The company also announced that it is working on security updates […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 29, 2021
Taiwan vendor Synology announced that recently disclosed vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-3711 and CVE-2021-3712) in the OpenSSL impact some of its products. Taiwanese company Synology revealed that the recently disclosed remote code execution (RCE) and denial-of-service (DoS) OpenSSL vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-3711 and CVE-2021-3712) impact some of its products. “Multiple vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to conduct denial-of-service attack or possibly execute arbitrary code via […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 10, 2021
A new variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to target Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from both QNAP and Synology vendors. A newly variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to infect Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from Taiwanese vendors QNAP and Synology. The eCh0raix ransomware has been active since at least 2019, when eExperts from security firms […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 06, 2021
Taiwanese vendor QNAP addressed a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-28809, that could be exploited to compromise vulnerable NAS devices. Taiwanese vendor QNAP fixed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-28809, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise vulnerable NAS devices. The vulnerability affects certain legacy versions of HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync, it was reported to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 15, 2021
QNAP warns of an actively exploited Roon Server zero-day flaw and eCh0raix ransomware attacks on its NAS devices. QNAP warns customers of threat actors that are targeting its Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices with eCh0raix ransomware attacks and exploiting a Roon Server zero-day vulnerability. The Taiwanese vendor was informed of ongoing eCh0raix ransomware attacks that […]
