Hayward Ransomware Protection and Removal Expertise
Ransomware Susceptibility Testing
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and malicious governments, representing a potentially existential risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest versions of ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and costly exercise. Novel versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-looking emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. While user education and frontline detection are critical to defend against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you assume some malware will eventually succeed and that you implement a strong backup solution that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will work directly with your Hayward network managers to gather critical information about your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to best practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Correct use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe RDP connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers such as Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified amount of money, usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will recover the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup procedures enable you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because new versions of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Testing in Hayward
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