Lawrence Ransomware Defense and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation
Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue governments, posing a potentially existential threat to companies that are victimized. Modern variations of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and costly exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware infections are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. While user education and frontline detection are important to protect against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will inevitably get through and that you deploy a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Lawrence network management staff to gather critical information about your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers such as AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain ransom, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will recover the damaged files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, in which the user is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly secured RDP port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid process for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Review in Lawrence
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Review can enhance your defense against crypto-ransomware in Lawrence, phone Progent at
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