Synology servers are some of the best SMB servers and NAS servers we’ve worked with. But occasionally even these little powerhouses get a bit confused. Here we diagnose a problem with the samba file sharing service not letting Windows users access the shared folders.
The number of private home routers being duped into living a secret life as part of a botnet or in serving up malicious DNS results to it’s users has seen a surge in the latter half of 2016. It’s thought that the majority of traffic in the DDoS attack on various gaming servers in Christmas 2015 was generated from home routers that had been compromised.
Several new exploits have been identified recently that are designed to attach your home or business router from inside, and install code to allow hackers to open a backdoor to your network and your data.