QNAP Systems is warning about Checkmate, a new piece of ransomware targeting users of its network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. “Preliminary investigation indicates that Checkmate attacks via SMB services exposed to the internet, and employs a dictionary attack to break accounts with weak passwords,” the company says. “Once the attacker successfully logs in to a device, […]
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Network-attached storage (NAS) appliance maker QNAP on Tuesday released a new advisory warning of a cryptocurrency mining malware targeting its devices, urging customers to take preventive steps with immediate effect. “A bitcoin miner has been reported to target QNAP NAS. Once a NAS is infected, CPU usage becomes unusually high where a process named ‘[oom_reaper]’ […]
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The attacks came to light last week, with many owners of My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices reporting on the WD Community forum that a factory reset had been initiated on their devices, which resulted in all files being erased. At the time of writing, there are nearly 900 messages in a […]
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