Melbourne Ransomware Protection and Restoration Services
Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and malicious governments, posing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that are breached. The latest versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and expensive process. New versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most ransomware penetrations come from innocent-seeming emails with dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user education and frontline detection are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably get through and that you put in place a solid backup solution that enables you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this assessment Progent will collaborate directly with your Melbourne IT managers to collect pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key areas related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Security
- Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
- Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
- Optimal firewall settings
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting required servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including 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 publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to pay a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the target is lured into responding to by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Notorious attacks are Locky, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and CryptoWall are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound process for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the deployment of reliable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Consultation in Melbourne
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Consultation can enhance your protection against ransomware in Melbourne, phone Progent at
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