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Can a 314 ReadyNAS get hacked?
I am really worried : A few days ago I had to have tech support to me brand new 314 readyNAS. I was asked for my password by the online tech and left it in tech support mode for 12 hours until the ...
I sure would like additional information about what sort of hacking is going on.
I don't have port forwarding enabled, and I use strong passwords.
But I did have to enable root ssh to trouble shoot share and file permissions problems I had when I began backing up a Ultra 6+ to a 316 using rsync; the problem turned out to be the differing UID's for standard accounts on the two systems (thanks again to those on the forum who helped me solve this!) but I needed shell access to track it down. I've run toggle-ssh to disable SSH, but one can't fully reverse the effects of the enable root SSH plugin without doing a factory default. Is this a security problem?
My nightmare scenario, if you will, is coming home and finding that a Linux-NAS version of Cryptowall has encrypted all my files, as well as the copies on my connected backups.
And, I'd hate for someone to start transferring copies of all my data to a server in Antarctica.
So---any available information on "known" malware that can affect a readynas would be appreciated.
I don't have port forwarding enabled, and I use strong passwords.
But I did have to enable root ssh to trouble shoot share and file permissions problems I had when I began backing up a Ultra 6+ to a 316 using rsync; the problem turned out to be the differing UID's for standard accounts on the two systems (thanks again to those on the forum who helped me solve this!) but I needed shell access to track it down. I've run toggle-ssh to disable SSH, but one can't fully reverse the effects of the enable root SSH plugin without doing a factory default. Is this a security problem?
My nightmare scenario, if you will, is coming home and finding that a Linux-NAS version of Cryptowall has encrypted all my files, as well as the copies on my connected backups.
And, I'd hate for someone to start transferring copies of all my data to a server in Antarctica.
So---any available information on "known" malware that can affect a readynas would be appreciated.
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