QNAP Systems explained

QNAP Systems, Inc.
Native Name:威聯通科技股份有限公司
Type:Private
Foundation: (as a separate company)
Founder:Teddy Kuo
Meiji Chang
Location City:New Taipei City
Location Country:Taiwan
Area Served:Worldwide
Key People:Chairman

Teddy Kuo
General Manager: Meiji Chang

Industry:Network-attached storage
Network video recorder
Networking hardware
Num Employees:1000+
Subsid:QNAP, Inc.

QNAP Systems, Inc. is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in network-attached storage (NAS) appliances used for file sharing, virtualization, storage management and surveillance applications. Headquartered in Xizhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, QNAP has offices in 16 countries and employs over 1000 people around the world.

QNAP has been a member of the Intel Intelligent Systems Alliance since 2011.[1]

Company history

QNAP originally existed as a department within the IEI Integration Corporation,[2] an industrial computing service provider located in Taiwan.[3] In 2004, QNAP Systems Inc. was spun off into a separate company.[4]

Product overview

QNAP primarily produces Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. The company also produces Network Video Recorders (NVR) and a series of networking equipment.

Vulnerabilities and attacks

In 2021, SAM security group reported that it had discovered critical vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices.[8] SAM security group said that these would mean that remote attackers could "execute arbitrary shell commands ... [or] create arbitrary file data on any (non-existing) location ... [or] execute arbitrary commands on the remote NAS".[8] The company said that it had informed QNAP of the vulnerabilities in 2020 but that, four months after being informed, QNAP had not addressed these.[8] The article was later updated to clarify that QNAP had resolved the problems for the most recent devices, but not for older systems, and then that QNAP had revised and released firmware for older devices.[8]

These critical vulnerabilities were reported by Bleeping Computer to be implicated in a massive ransomware attack on QNAP NAS devices in April 2021.[9] This attack, named "Qlocker", compressed all files smaller than 20 MiB into 7z files using 7-Zip with a 32 character long password.[9] In order to retrieve the password, users had to access an .onion webpage and pay 0.01 BTC.[9] This caused losses of at least $260,000 for users.[10]

In January 2022 some QNAP NAS devices were affected by a ransomware infection known as DeadBolt.[11] There were further attacks in March and May 2022.[11]

Achievements

2019

2018

2017

2016

2014

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: QNAP Systems, Inc. Intel® Intelligent Systems Alliance. 2013-10-09. intelintelligentsystemsalliance.com. 2013-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622030929/http://intelintelligentsystemsalliance.com/member-roster/qnap-systems-inc. live.
  2. Web site: IEI Integration Corporation. IEI Integration Corporation. 2014-07-12. 2014-06-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20140629070446/http://tw.ieiworld.com/about_us/aboutUs.aspx. live.
  3. Web site: IEI Integration Corporation Company Profile (Chinese: 威達電股份有限公司). MoneyDJ.com. 2014-07-12. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164607/http://www.moneydj.com/KMDJ/wiki/WikiViewer.aspx?Title=%u5A01%u9054%u96FB%u80A1%u4EFD%u6709%u9650%u516C%u53F8. live.
  4. Web site: Industrial PC Supplier IEI Announces Formation of Medical PC Provider PACSmate Technology Corp.. IndustrialPR. 2014-07-12. 2015-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134115/http://industrialpr.net/industrial-pc-supplier-iei-announces-formation-of-medical-pc-provider-pacsmate-technology-corp/. live.
  5. Web site: Inc. QNAP Systems. QTS 4.5.2 Unleash the power of your data QNAP. 2021-04-28. QNAP Systems, Inc.. en-US. 2021-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428225650/https://www.qnap.com/qts/4.5.2/en-us/. live.
  6. Web site: Inc. QNAP Systems. QES 2.1. 2021-04-28. QNAP Systems, Inc.. en. 2021-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428225650/https://www.qnap.com/qes/2.1/en-us/. live.
  7. Web site: Inc. QNAP Systems. QuTS hero ZFS-based operating system QNAP. 2021-04-28. QNAP Systems, Inc.. en. 2021-04-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428225401/https://www.qnap.com/quts-hero/en-us/. live.
  8. Web site: New vulnerabilities discovered allow access to user data and complete takeover. securingsam.com. 31 March 2021. 2021-04-22. 2021-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210422215838/https://securingsam.com/new-vulnerabilities-allow-complete-takeover/. live.
  9. Web site: Massive Qlocker ransomware attack uses 7zip to encrypt QNAP devices. www.bleepingcomputer.com. 2021-04-22.
  10. Web site: A ransomware gang made $260,000 in 5 days using the 7zip utility. www.bleepingcomputer.com. 2021-04-22. 2021-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424160828/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/a-ransomware-gang-made-260-000-in-5-days-using-the-7zip-utility/. live.
  11. Web site: 2022-06-06 . Closing the Door DeadBolt Ransomware Locks Out Vendors With Multitiered Extortion Scheme . 2022-08-18 . Trend Micro . en-US.
  12. Web site: European Hardware Awards 2019 – Winners Announced. www.eha.digital. 28 May 2019 . 2020-12-01. 2020-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103090813/https://www.eha.digital/awards/european-hardware-awards-2019-winners-announced/. live.
  13. Web site: Best Choice Award. bcaward.computex.biz. 2018-08-15. 2018-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180815131425/http://bcaward.computex.biz/WinnerYearDetail.aspx?index=7728&awtype=100000000&year=2018. live.
  14. Web site: European Hardware Awards 2017 Winners Announced. www.eha.digital. 29 May 2017 . 2020-12-01. 2020-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011728/https://www.eha.digital/awards/european-hardware-awards-2017-winners-announced/. live.
  15. Web site: Best Choice Award. bcaward.computex.biz. 2018-08-15. 2018-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180815091041/http://bcaward.computex.biz/WinnerYearDetail.aspx?index=6707&awtype=100000000&year=2016. live.
  16. Web site: Mile Stones in QNAP's History . qnap.com . 2014-08-07 . 2014-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727223434/http://www.qnap.com/i/en/about/con_show.php?op=showone&cid=2 . live .
  17. Web site: iF product design award 2014 . iF Awards . 2014-04-15 . 2014-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140404065825/http://exhibition.ifdesign.de/awards_index_e . live .
  18. Web site: PCWorld's 50 Best Tech Products of 2013 . pcworld.com . 2014-04-15 . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140409100139/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2070623/revealed-the-50-best-tech-products-of-2013.html . live .

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