Long Beach Ransomware Defense and Cleanup Consulting
Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and bad-actor states, posing a potentially existential threat to businesses that fall victim. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a complex and costly process. Novel strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Spora, and NotPetya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections are caused by innocent-seeming emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus filters. While user training and up-front detection are critical to defend your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will eventually succeed and that you prepare a solid backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Long Beach network managers to gather critical data concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Security
- Effective use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall settings
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting key servers such as AD
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is asked to send a specified amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples include Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration platforms.
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