Allentown Ransomware Filtering and Restoration Consulting
Ransomware Vulnerability Testing
Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, representing a possibly existential threat to businesses that are breached. Modern strains of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and costly exercise. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have emerged, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections come from innocuous-looking emails with dangerous links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to protect your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you put in place a solid backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work with your Allentown network management staff to gather pertinent information about your cybersecurity profile and backup environment. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup solution to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Secure RDP access
- Guidance for AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is asked to pay a specified amount of money, typically via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will restore the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every two years. Notorious examples include Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more complex and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block a new attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the deployment of reliable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report in Allentown
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