Security News > 2022 > September > DEADBOLT ransomware rears its head again, attacks QNAP devices
Most contemporary ransomware attacks involve two groups of criminals: a core gang who create the malware and handle the extortion payments, and "Members" of a loose-knit clan of "Affiliates" who actively break into networks to carry out the attacks.
Regular readers of Naked Security will know that some victims, notably home users and small business, end up getting blackmailed via their NAS, or networked attached storage devices.
NAS boxes are "Plug-and-play" network attached storage, and popular precisely because of how easily you can get them running on your LAN. As you can imagine, in today's cloud-centric era, many NAS users end up opening up their servers to the internet - often by accident, though sometimes on purpose - with potentially dangerous results.
Simply put, ransomware attackers with direct access to the NAS box on your LAN could derail almost all your digital life, and then blackmail you directly, just by accessing your NAS device, and nothing else on the network.
QNAP has just reported that DEADBOLT is doing the rounds again, with the crooks now exploiting a vulnerability in a QNAP NAS feature called Photo Station.
If you have a QNAP NAS product anywhere on your network, and you are using the Photo Station software component, you may be at risk.
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