Security News > 2021 > April > QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks on NAS devices
QNAP customers are once again urged to secure their Network Attached Storage devices to defend against Agelocker ransomware attacks targeting their data.
In a security advisory published earlier today, the company says that its security team has discovered AgeLocker ransomware samples in the wild, with "The potential to affect QNAP NAS devices."
A QNAP PSIRT spokesperson told BleepingComputer that NAS devices recently compromised by AgeLocker ransomware were running outdated firmware.
If you have enabled manual port forwarding, auto port forwarding and demilitarized zone for QNAP NAS in your router or modem configuration, your QNAP NAS is directly connected to the Internet.
Some other connection methods that put your QNAP NAS directly on the Internet include obtaining a public IP address by QNAP NAS itself.
AgeLocker ransomware was first spotted in the wild in July 2020 and, since then, it has already targeted QNAP NAS devices worldwide in a September 2020 campaign.
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