The Dovecat malware is currently nesting on NAS devices from Qnap and Synology and mining cryptocurrency at the expense of the victims’ computing power. Qnap has now published information about security. Synology has not yet issued a statement on this.

NAS owners have been reporting such attacks in the official forums of Qnap and Synology for months. The malware requires so much computing power that the devices can hardly be used.

Important security tips In a security warning, Qnap provides tips on how owners can secure their NAS against and other threats. It is particularly important that the current version with security updates of the QTS operating system is always installed. In addition, owners should ensure that they use strong admin passwords and no default ports (80, 443, 8080 and 8081).

In the support area you will find more detailed information including instructions on how to effectively secure network storage. For example, there is how to remove suspicious user accounts. These notes do not only apply to devices from Qnap.

At a point in time that has not yet been known, the developers want to provide a tool to remove Dovecat.

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