Asustor NAS Deadbolt Ransomware – What Happened, How it Works, Workarounds, Security & Resolution?

Asustor NAS Drives Getting Hit By Deadbolt Ransomware –

Video Chapters
00:00 – The Start (duh!)
00:20 – The Asustor Deadbolt Ransomware Attack, What is it and When it Started?
01:20 – How Deadbolt Encryption was executed on Asustor NAS Drives?
02:35 – Users Being Met with the Deadbolt Black Warning Screen
03:15 – Users Who Avoided/worked Around the Deadbolt Screen and Accessing Storage Pools (still Encrypted)
04:00 – Why the Deadbolt Splash Screen is there and delay tactics
05:05 – WHY your Asustor NAS Drive is showing as Uninitialized Right Now
06:30 – How to Power Down Your Asustor NAS Safely and the Asustor Statement
09:35 – Resources on How to SSH to Kill the Splash Screen and using SSH to Kill the Deadbolt Process
15:20 – Guide to If you HAVEN’T been hit by Deadbolt but want to Secure your Asustor NAS Right Now
20:00 – Changing your Default Ports (HTTP/HTTPS)
22:05 – If your Asustor NAS is showing as Uninitialized, What you Can Do (plus what might eventually be possible)
26:40 – An Example of Data Recovery from Ransomware Encryption using PhotoRec and External Storage
29:55 – Recommendations for What to do with your Encrypted Data for now
30:10 – Possible Solution #2, Using a Linux VM with the linked Guide
31:30 – Backups and What Consitutes an actual BACKUP

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