New Ransomware Targets QNAP's Network-Attached Storage Devices

July 10, 2019 By Jai Vijayan

More than 19,000 systems in the US are potentially at risk from eCh0raix.

Researchers at Anomali have spotted a new ransomware strain that is targeting users of QNAP Systems' network-attached storage (NAS) devices.

The operators of the malware appear to be gaining access to the devices either by brute-forcing weak credentials or by exploiting known vulnerabilities in them. However, the exact infection vector remains unclear for the moment, the security vendor said in an advisory released Wednesday.

The ransomware, dubbed eCh0raix, seems designed for targeted attacks and not just for mass distribution. Hard-coded encryption keys in some samples of the malware that Anomali analyzed appeared to have unique decryption keys associated with them, meaning the same decryptor would not work for all victims.

Taiwan-based QNAP is a relatively major player in the NAS market worldwide.

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