Security News

Insurance Customers’ Personal Data Exposed Due to Misconfigured NAS Server
2018-02-08 19:51

The vulnerability also exposed login credentials for a massive national insurance claims database, Upguard says.

New Western Digital My Cloud Bugs Give Local Attackers Root to NAS Devices
2018-02-02 18:16

Two new WD My Cloud vulnerabilities have been identified, adding to last month’s bevy of security bugs.

StorageCrypt Ransomware Targets NAS Devices via SambaCry Exploit
2017-12-06 19:09

A new ransomware family is using the SambaCry vulnerability that was patched in May to infect network-attached storage (NAS) devices, researchers have discovered. read more

Netgear Fixes 50 Vulnerabilities in Routers, Switches, NAS Devices
2017-10-02 19:13

Netgear patches over a dozen vulnerabilities impacting its routers, switches and NAS devices.

Netgear Patches Over 50 Flaws in Routers, Switches, NAS Devices
2017-10-02 09:36

Netgear published more than 50 security advisories in the past two weeks to inform customers about the availability of patches for vulnerabilities affecting many of the company’s routers,...

New Linux Malware Exploits SambaCry Flaw to Silently Backdoor NAS Devices (The Hackers News)
2017-07-19 01:23

Remember SambaCry? Almost two months ago, we reported about a 7-year-old critical remote code execution vulnerability in Samba networking software, allowing a hacker to remotely take full control...

Attackers are taking over NAS devices via SambaCry flaw (Help Net Security)
2017-07-18 20:57

A Samba remote code execution flaw patched in May is being exploited to compromise IoT devices running on different architectures (MIPS, ARM, PowerPC, etc.), Trend Micro researchers warn. Samba is...

Malware Targets NAS Devices Via SambaCry Exploit (Security Week)
2017-07-18 16:24

A piece of malware dubbed by researchers SHELLBIND leverages a recently patched Samba vulnerability in attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices, particularly network-attached storage...

Travel Routers, NAS Devices Among Easily Hacked IoT Devices (Threatpost)
2017-04-10 19:04

A researcher poked holes in seven different IoT devices at last week's Security Analyst Summit, including a host of travel routers, NAS devices, and an IP-enabled camera.

QNAP NAS devices open to remote command execution (Help Net Security)
2017-04-07 20:14

If you’re using one of the many QNAP NAS devices and you haven’t yet upgraded the QTS firmware to version 4.2.4, you should do so immediately if you don’t want it to fall prey to attackers. Among...