Source: Craig Lloyd , HowToGeek.com, May 11, 2018
Your NAS is probably one of the most important devices on your home network, but are you giving it the attention it deserves when it comes to security?
The last thing you want is for your NAS to get hacked and/or invaded by malware, like the SynoLocker ransomware that crawled its way onto Synology NAS boxes a couple of years ago. The good news is that there are ways to stay protected from future attacks and prevent your NAS box from getting cracked into.
Note: Most of the steps and images below are based on my Synology NAS, but you can do these things on most other NAS boxes, as well.