If you've deployed an Asustor-made NAS (Network Attached Storage) to access your treasure trove of files across the wires of the Internet, you should disconnect it it from the Internet as soon as possible. A number of Asustor users have taken to Reddit and the company's forums, claiming their Asustor-bound files have been claimed and encrypted by a ransomware attack through a Deadbolt payload. This is the same ransomware that wreaked havoc with QNAP's NAS devices a while back.

The attack infects the user's NAS and proceeds to encrypt its contents, leaving each user with a message pointing towards a unique Bitcoin address. The offer: receive the decryption key in exchange for 0.03 Bitcoin (~$1,102, ~€976) - the same value asked at the time of the QNAP attack. Interestingly, Asustor doesn't seem to have received the same offer the perpetrators put forward to QNAP: 5 Bitcoin (~$183,906, ~€162,267) in return for information for the exploit data (€162,799) - or a universal decryption key for all affected users for 50 Bitcoin (~$1,8 million). That last bit there serves to put pressure on the company to pay up for the affected users, which could themselves pressure the company to take the deal.

ASUSTOR Inc. today is proud to announce that Seagate's ST18000NE000 IronWolf Pro 18 TB hard drives have been rigorously tested and are now certified for use with a variety of ASUSTOR NAS devices. Owners of the AS4002T, AS4004T, AS5202T, AS5304T and Lockerstor 2, 4, 8 and 10 NAS devices are supported with more devices on the way.
With an increasing amount of data generated by businesses and individuals, ASUSTOR NAS owners are also demanding higher hard drive capacities and performance. ASUSTOR continuously tests hard drives to ensure maximum compatibility to provide owners with peace of mind when selecting hard drives for their NAS. With ASUSTOR's latest range of high-performance Lockerstor series of NAS, it not only provides a wide range of configurations, but also provides smoother, faster and safer data accessibility ensuring that ASUSTOR NAS device satisfy the needs of and homes and businesses.

ASUSTOR Inc. today is thrilled to announce the launch of two enthusiast grade NAS devices, the two bay Nimbustor 2 and the four bay Nimbustor 4. The New Nimbustor series are also known by their original model numbers. The Nimbustor 2 is also known as the AS5202T, while the Nimbustor 4 is known as the AS5304T.

The Nimbustor line represents a departure from generic model numbers to more accurately describe ASUSTOR's products that store data in a personal cloud device. The Nimbustor 2 uses Intel's Gemini Lake dual core Celeron processor clocked at 2.0GHz while the Nimbustor 4 uses a quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz. The Nimbustor 2 and 4 come with 2GB and 4GB of DDR4 RAM respectively.