Florianópolis Ransomware Protection and Removal Services
Ransomware Susceptibility Checkup
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and rogue governments, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that are breached. Current variations of ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and costly process. Novel strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Conti and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, Cerber, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-seeming emails with dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you assume some attacks will inevitably get through and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service centered around an online discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Florianópolis network management staff to gather critical information concerning your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Effective allocation and use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall settings
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and deployment
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Backing up critical servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to pay a specified ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, whereby the target is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and CryptoWall are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup procedures enable you to recover your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the use of dependable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Assessment in Florianópolis
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Florianópolis, phone Progent at
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