Taiwanese network-attached storage giant QNAP urged its customers to update their systems this week after the DeadBolt ransomware was discovered targeting all NAS instances exposed to the internet.
“QNAP urges all QNAP NAS users to follow the security setting instructions below to ensure the security of QNAP NAS and routers, and immediately update QTS to the latest available version,” the company said in a statement.
Attached to the statement is a detailed guide for customers, noting that if you go to the Security Counselor on your QNAP NAS and see “The System Administration service can be directly accessible from an external IP address via the following protocols: HTTP” on the dashboard, you are at high risk.
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Source: ZDNet