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
March 21, 2020
A new variant of the infamous Mirai malware, tracked as Mukashi, targets Zyxel network-attached storage (NAS) devices exploiting recently patched CVE-2020-9054 issue. Security experts have discovered a new variant of the infamous Mirai malware, tracked as Mukashi, was employed in attacks against network-attached storage (NAS) devices manufactured by Zyxel. According to Palo Alto researchers, threat actors exploited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 11, 2019
Malware researchers at two security firms Intezer and Anomali have discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. Experts at security firms Intezer and Anomali have separately discovered a new piece of ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store […]
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 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2018
Security researchers from WizCase have discovered several vulnerabilities in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS. NAS devices have become the storage device of choice for many small and medium businesses (SMB). They are inexpensive, easy to operate, and you can add additional storage if youâre running low on space. But is it secure enough […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 03, 2018
Experts discovered nine vulnerabilities affecting NAS devices that could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to access protected content. Nine flaws affecting NAS devices could be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to access protected content. The vulnerabilities are traked as CVE-2018-9074, CVE-2018-9075, CVE-2018-9076, CVE-2018-9077, CVE-2018-9078, CVE-2018-9079, CVE-2018-9080, CVE-2018-9081 and CVE-2018-9082. According to Lenovo, the flaws affect 20 models of network attached storage (NAS) devices sold by the […]
