Response to Qlocker Ransomware Attacks: Take Actions to Secure QNAP NAS

Taipei, Taiwan, April 22, 2021 - QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP), a main registering, systems administration and capacity arrangement pioneer, today gave an assertion because of late client reports and media inclusion that two kinds of ransomware (Qlocker and eCh0raix) are focusing on QNAP NAS and scrambling clients' information for emancipate. QNAP firmly asks that all clients promptly introduce the most recent Malware Remover form and run a malware check on QNAP NAS. The Multimedia Console, Media Streaming Add-on, and Hybrid Backup Sync applications should be refreshed to the most recent accessible adaptation also to additionally get QNAP NAS from ransomware assaults. QNAP is desperately chipping away at an answer for eliminate malware from tainted gadgets.

QNAP has delivered a refreshed variant of Malware Remover for working frameworks, for example, QTS and QuTS legend to address the ransomware assault. Assuming that client information is scrambled or being encoded, the NAS should not be closed down. Clients should run a malware filter with the most recent Malware Remover form promptly, and afterward contact QNAP Technical Support .

For unaffected clients , it's prescribed to promptly introduce the most recent Malware Remover form and run a malware filter as a careful step. All client should refresh their passwords to more grounded ones, and the Multimedia Console, Media Streaming Add-on, and Hybrid Backup Sync applications should be refreshed to the most recent accessible form. Moreover, clients are encouraged to adjust the default network port 8080 for getting to the NAS working connection point. Steps to play out the activity can be found in the data security best practice presented by QNAP. The information put away on NAS ought to be supported or upheld again using the 3-2-1 reinforcement rule, to additionally guarantee information uprightness and security.

QNAP Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) continually screens the furthest down the line insight to convey exceptional data and programming refreshes, guaranteeing information security for clients. By and by, QNAP urges clients to make the previously mentioned moves and occasionally check/introduce item programming updates to get their gadgets far from pernicious impacts. QNAP likewise gives the best practice to further developing individual and authoritative data security. By cooperating to battle against online protection dangers, we make the Internet a more secure spot for everybody.