Pierluigi Paganini
April 29, 2022
QNAP urges customers to disable the AFP file service protocol on their NAS devices until it fixes critical Netatalk flaws. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning customers to disable the AFP file service protocol on their network-attached storage (NAS) deviced until it fixes several critical Netatalk vulnerabilities. Netatalk is a free, open-source implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol that allows Unix-like operating systems […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 22, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns users to update their NAS Firmware to fix Apache HTTP flaws addressed in the Apache HTTP server last month. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns users to update their NAS Firmware to address Apache HTTP vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-22721 and CVE-2022-23943, addressed in the Apache HTTP server in March. “While CVE-2022-22719 and CVE-2022-22720 do […]
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
February 15, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP extended the security update window for some devices that have reached end-of-life (EOL). Taiwanese vendor QNAP extended the security update for some devices that have reached end-of-life (EOL) years ago. The company decided to extend until October this year the security updates for some models that have reached EOL, the decision aims […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2021
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of ongoing attacks targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Taiwanese vendor QNAP warns customers of threat actors targeting their NAS devices with cryptocurrency miners. Upon compromising the devices, the miner will create a new process named [oom_reaper] that allows threat actors to mine Bitcoin The above process could occupy […]
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 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
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 01, 2021
Taiwanese vendor QNAP is warning its customers of AgeLocker ransomware attacks on their NAS devices. Crooks behind the AgeLocker ransomware operation are targeting QNAP NAS devices, the Taiwanese vendor warns. The vendor doesn’t provide technical details of the attacks, it is not clear if the ransomware gang exploited know vulnerabilities. “The QNAP security team has […]
