Salem Ransomware Prevention and Remediation Expertise
Ransomware Susceptibility Testing
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Modern variations of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective recovery a long and expensive process. New strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-seeming emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front identification are critical to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably get through and that you prepare a strong backup mechanism that allows you to recover quickly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is a low-cost service built around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work directly with your Salem IT management staff to gather pertinent information concerning your security configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
Cybersecurity
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall setup
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up key servers such as Active Directory
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged data or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the user is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different versions of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup procedures allow your business to recover your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block a new attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation in Salem
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