Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2021
A new ransomware strain dubbed Qlocker is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices every day and demanding a $550 ransom payment. Experts are warning of a new strain of ransomware named Qlocker that is infecting hundreds of QNAP NAS devices on daily bases. The malware moves all files stored on the device to password-protected 7zip […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 28, 2021
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2021
QNAP is warning customers of a new piece of malware dubbed Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices to mine cryptocurrency. Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published a security advisory to warn customers of a new piece of malware named Dovecat that is targeting NAS devices. The malware was designed to abuse NAS resources and mine cryptocurrency. The malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2020
Network-attached storage (NAS) vendor QNAP addressed vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to take over unpatched NAS devices. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP has released security updates to fix eight vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to over unpatched NAS devices. The list of vulnerabilities addressed by QNAP is available here, it includes XSS and command injection issues. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 22, 2020
Taiwanese vendor QNAP published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of its NAS OS (QTS) are affected by the Zerologon vulnerability. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of the operating system for its network-attached storage (NAS) devices, also known as of QTS, are affected by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 08, 2020
QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that could enable potential attackers to take over NAS devices. QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that can potential allow threat actors to take over vulnerable QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Helpdesk is a built-in app that allows owners of QNAP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2020
While the AgeLocker ransomware continues to target QNAP NAS systems, the Taiwanese vendor urges customers to update the firmware and apps. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is urging its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to prevent AgeLocker ransomware infections. The name AgeLocker comes from the use of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 28, 2020
US and UK cybersecurity agencies issued a joint advisory about the spread of QSnatch Data-Stealing Malware that already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdomâs National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a joint advisory about a massive ongoing campaign spreading the QSnatch data-stealing malware. The malicious code […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 06, 2020
eCh0raix Ransomware operators are back after months of apparent inactivity, now are targeting QNAP storage devices in a new campaign. Threat actors behind the eCh0raix Ransomware have launched a new campaign aimed at infecting QNAP storage devices. The eCh0raix ransomware was appeared in the threat landscape in June 2019 by experts at security firms Intezer […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2019
Users of QNAP NAS devices are reporting through QNAP forum discussions of mysterious code that adds some entries that prevent software update. Users of the Network attached storage devices manufactured by QNAPÂ have reported a mystery string of malware attacks that disabled software updates by hijacking entries in host machines’ hosts file. According to the […]
