QNAP is warning customers again to secure their Internet-exposed Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to defend against ongoing and widespread attacks targeting their data with the new DeadBolt ransomware strain.
"DeadBolt has been widely targeting all NAS exposed to the Internet without any protection and encrypting users’ data for Bitcoin ransom," the company said in a statement issued today.
"Your NAS is exposed to the Internet and at high risk if there shows 'The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP' on the dashboard."
All QNAP users are urged to "immediately update QTS to the latest available version" to block incoming DeadBolt ransomware attacks.
The NAS maker also advises customers to immediately disable Port Forwarding on their router and the UPnP function of the QNAP NAS using the following steps:
You can also use this detailed step-by-step guide to toggle off SSH and Telnet connections, change the system port number and device passwords, and enable IP and account access protection.
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