QNAP NAS vulnerabilities not patched after almost a year

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    This is why i use unRAID and not a "consumer" NAS
     
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    While unRAID is not a commercial off the shelf NAS, it is still very much "consumer" grade. It is simply put, just another Linux based OS, like QNAP QTS, Synology DSM, and the various WD/Seagate/Netgear/Asustor/etc. variants.

    While there are BSD (like FreeNAS) and Windows based NAS distributions/off the shelf units, each has vulnerabilities. You always have to stay up to date, and preferably with a vendor that is focused on security as simply updating wouldn't have helped QNAP users against the MITM attack here.
     
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    Kaarme Ancient Guru

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    Maybe if the attacker could make the device explode like Note 7, the company would do something about it.
     

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    __hollywood|meo Ancient Guru

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    this happened because QNAP doesnt properly encrypt firmware update traffic. the simple fact that such absurd oversights occur to this day doesnt surprise me anymore; wat im shocked by is that the company was notified a year ago & has not updated the vulnerable protocol in any way.

    this kind of sloppy crap also highlights exactly why automatic updates are cancer. if you want a secure system, dont trust others to do your work for you.
     
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    Kaarme Ancient Guru

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    No, not really. The biggest weakness is always the human users. Botnets thrive because people don't manually update software and firmware, not even the 1234 factory default passwords. Out of laziness, ignorance, or not enough workforce in business (that is, supposedly saving money). Remove automatic updates and the already nasty situation will first explode, then implode.
     

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