QNAP NAS devices under ransomware attack April 26, 2021 QNAP NAS devices under ransomware attack QNAP NAS device owners are once again under attack by ransomware operators, who are exploiting a recently fixed vulnerability to lock data on vulnerable devices by using the 7-Zip open-source file archiver utility. According to Lawrence Abrams, the ransomware gang has managed to “earn” $260,000 in five days, as many unfortunate victims decided to pay the ransom of 0.01 Bitcoins (around $550) to receive the password that would unlock their files. What happened? CVE-2020-36195, an SQL injection ...