Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk 150
Deathlizard (115856) writes "Have a Synology NAS? Is it accessible to the internet? If it is, You might want to take it offline for a while. Synolocker is a 0-day ransomware that once installed, will encrypt all of the NAS's files and hold them for ransom just like Cryptolocker does for windows PC's. The Virus is currently exploiting an unknown vulnerability to spread. Synology is investigating the issue."
Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. (Score:3, Funny)
Of course. But they are on another similar box connected to the internet of things which was crypted earlier.
Re:"Investagating"? (Score:5, Funny)
A've encrypted all the farst As (the nanth letter of the alphabet) an each word on Slashdot (except an sags). You must pay me sax mallion dollars to get them back.
Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. (Score:2, Funny)
They may have some unhappy customers right now; but 'NAS', in Synology's product lineup, includes a variety of devices that are aimed either at reasonably serious users or very serious pirates.
Translation: They have a built-in torrent client and FTP server. Therefore you can practically smell the salt water reeking from ye digital box.
I love how certain tools label people as scurvy dogs hell-bent on illegal activities.
Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. (Score:5, Funny)
The deluxe edition comes with an eye-patch. They initially offered a parrot, but there where some shipment incidences*.
*: There's still some debate about the actual status of the parrots upon arrival. Synology insists on the parrots' being alive, but there have been customer reports on the parrots being: "passed on", "no more", "ceased", "expired and gone to meet it's maker", "a stiff", "Bereft of life", "resting in peace", among others.
Cheeky bastards (Score:5, Funny)
From TFA: the message that pops up to the victims ends with:
Copyright 2014 SynoLocker(TM) All Rights Reserved.
I have a real hard time respecting that copyright...
Re:This is how we learn (Score:5, Funny)
Well, by the original usage, a server full of drives would not be "cloud storage"
I want to dispute this - I had a server full of drives that I bought to be my "cloud storage". But when I tried to store my cloud in it, it started to leak out of the server. I ended up with a messy pool of water on the floor and a ruined server!
Re:This is how we learn (Score:5, Funny)
The useful thing about the cloud is that no-one knows what it actually is, so any company is free to call their product cloud-based without contest.
Reminds me of the quote about "big data" being like sex in high school. Nobody's really sure what it is, but everyone thinks that everyone else is doing it, so everyone says they're doing it, too.