Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk

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."

Comments

Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups.

[Thanshin]

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

[CurryCamel]

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

[ShaunC]

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.