Milwaukee Ransomware Prevention and Removal Solutions
Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and rogue governments, representing a potentially lethal risk to companies that are successfully attacked. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a long and expensive exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware infections are the result of innocent-seeming emails that have malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware, best practices demand that you take for granted some attacks will inevitably get through and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service centered around an online discussion with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate with your Milwaukee network management staff to collect critical data about your security posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to adhere to best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Proper allocation and use of administration accounts
- Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Safe Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools identification and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup protection
- Protecting key servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a specified amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the user is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous attacks are WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup procedures allow you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a sound process for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the use of dependable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Testing in Milwaukee
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Checkup can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Milwaukee, call Progent at
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