Campinas Ransomware Filtering and Removal Consulting
Ransomware Preparedness Review
Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and malicious states, posing a possibly existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Current versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have emerged, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware breaches come from innocuous-looking emails with malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will eventually get through and that you deploy a solid backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services quickly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Campinas network management staff to collect pertinent data about your cybersecurity setup and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup systems to block or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Proper firewall settings
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers including Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to send a specified ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will recover the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the target is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous examples are WannaCry, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more complex and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for performing and retaining offsite backups plus the deployment of reliable recovery platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation in Campinas
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