Manchester Ransomware Defense and Restoration Expertise
Ransomware Susceptibility Report
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and rogue governments, representing a potentially existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a complex and costly process. Novel versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware penetrations are caused by innocuous-seeming emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and frontline identification are important to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably succeed and that you put in place a strong backup mechanism that permits you to recover rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate directly with your Manchester network management staff to collect pertinent data concerning your security profile and backup environment. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Security
- Correct use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Proper firewall configuration
- Safe RDP access
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting required servers such as AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will recover the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes permit your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public. Because new versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for performing and keeping offsite backups and the deployment of reliable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Assessment in Manchester
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