QNAP Teams Up With Digital Ocean To Increase User Data Security

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JAKARTA - QNAP Systems, Inc. recently detected a significant wave of weak password attacks, aimed at internet-exposed Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.

QNAP Product Security Incident Response Team (QNAP PSIRT) quickly took action by successfully blocking hundreds of IPs of zombie networks through QuFirewall within 7 hours, and was intended to protect many exposed QNAP NAS devices.

Within 48 hours, they also managed to identify a C&C (Command & Control) server source and, in collaboration with cloud service provider Digital Ocean, to prevent the situation from getting worse.

"Network security is critical, requiring constant vigilance and management, detection, and response 24/7 throughout the year," said Stanley Huang, Manager of QNAP Product Safety Incident Response Team.

"This attack occurred over the weekend, and QNAP quickly identified it through cloud technology, quickly pinpointing the source of the attack and blocking it," he added.

As a result of this case, QNAP strongly advises NAS users to immediately take cybersecurity measures to reduce the risk of existing security attacks, such as: