QNAP Systems

, Keelung, Taiwan QNAP, which stands for Quality Network Appliance Provider, originally existed as a department within the IEI Integration Corporation, an industrial computing service provider located in Taiwan. In 2004, QNAP Systems Inc. was spun off into a separate company. ==Product overview==

QNAP primarily produces Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. The company also produces Network Video Recorders (NVR) and a series of networking equipment. • QTS – an operating system for NAS devices • QES (QNAP Enterprise Storage) • QuTS hero – an operating system similar to QTS that implements ZFS • QuTScloud • QNE • QSS • QuRouter • The QNAP QHora-301W supports high-speed Wi-Fi 6 and 10GbE connections, while also providing an enterprise-grade SD-WAN VPN to allow multi-site VPN deployment via the cloud. ==Vulnerabilities and attacks==

In 2021, SAM security group reported that it had discovered critical vulnerabilities in QNAP NAS devices. 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". This attack, named "Qlocker", compressed all files smaller than 20 MiB into 7z files using 7-Zip with a 32 character long password. In January 2022 some QNAP NAS devices were affected by a ransomware infection known as DeadBolt. There were further attacks in March and May 2022. ==Achievements==

2019 • TS-1677X named Best NAS Device of European Hardware Awards 2019 2018 • Received the COMPUTEX Best Choice Award 2018 2017 • TS-451+ named Best NAS Device of European Hardware Awards 2017 2016 • Received the COMPUTEX Best Choice Award 2016 2014 • Received ISO 27001:2013 certification in information security management • Received 2014 iF Product Design Award • Featured in PCWorld's 50 Best Tech Products of 2013 ==See also==