Western Digital Archives - Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2023

Western Digital notifies customers of data breach after March cyberattack

Western Digital is notifying its customers of a data breach that exposed their sensitive personal information, the incident took place in March. In March 2022, Western Digital was hit by a ransomware attack and in response to the incident, it shut down several of its services. The company disclosed that an unauthorized party gained access […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2023

Western Digital took its services offline due to a security breach

Western Digital disclosed a security breach, according to the company an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. Western Digital has shut down several of its services after discovering a security breach, the company disclosed that an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. “Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2022

Western Digital addressed a critical bug in My Cloud OS 5

Western Digital fixed a critical flaw affecting My Cloud OS 5 devices that allowed attackers to gain remote code execution with root privileges. Western Digital has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-44142, that could have allowed attackers to gain remote code execution with root privileges on unpatched My Cloud OS 5 devices. The CVE-2021-44142 […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2021

Western Digital customers have to update their My Cloud devices to latest firmware version

My Cloud OS firmware is reaching the end of support, Western Digital customers have to update their WD My Cloud devices to the latest version. Western Digital is urging customers to update their WD My Cloud devices to the latest firmware version to continues receiving security updates on My Cloud OS firmware that is reaching […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2021

Western Digital SanDisk SecureAccess flaws allow brute force and dictionary attacks

Vulnerabilities in the Western Digital SanDisk SecureAccess can be exploited to access user data through brute force and dictionary attacks. Western Digital has released updates for its SanDisk SecureAccess software to fix multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to access user data by carrying out brute force and dictionary attacks. The SanDisk SecureAccess software, now […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2021

Hackers exploit 3-years old flaw to wipe Western Digital devices

Threat actors are wiping many Western Digital (WD) My Book Live and My Book Live Duo NAS devices likely exploiting an old vulnerability. Owners of Western Digital (WD) claim that their My Book Live and My Book Live Duo network-attached storage (NAS) devices have been wiped. Threat actors forced a factory reset on the devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 26, 2018

Western Digital MY CLOUD EX2 storage devices leak files

Researchers at Trustwave have discovered that Western Digital My Cloud EX2 storage devices leak files. Security experts at Trustwave have discovered that Western Digital My Cloud EX2 storage devices leak files on a local network by default. The situation gets worse if users configure the device for remote access and expose them online, in this […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 08, 2017

Serious flaws in Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices allow attackers to fully control them

Researchers discovered serious issues in Western Digital My Cloud NAS that can be exploited by attackers to gain root control of the affected devices. Western Digital Corporation network-attached storage owners were warned of Critical flaws in Western Digital NAS boxes of the My Cloud NAS line could be exploited by remote attackers to gain remote control […]

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Western Digital notifies customers of data breach after March cyberattack

Western Digital took its services offline due to a security breach

Western Digital addressed a critical bug in My Cloud OS 5

Western Digital customers have to update their My Cloud devices to latest firmware version

Western Digital SanDisk SecureAccess flaws allow brute force and dictionary attacks

Hackers exploit 3-years old flaw to wipe Western Digital devices

Western Digital MY CLOUD EX2 storage devices leak files

Serious flaws in Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices allow attackers to fully control them

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