Oakland Ransomware Protection and Removal Expertise
Ransomware Susceptibility Review
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and malicious governments, posing a possibly existential threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Modern variations of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and expensive exercise. Novel strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, displacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most ransomware penetrations are the result of innocent-seeming emails that have malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front detection are important to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably get through and that you put in place a strong backup mechanism that permits you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will collaborate with your Oakland IT managers to collect critical information concerning your security setup and backup processes. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup systems to block or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Security
- Correct use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall settings
- Safe RDP connections
- Advice about AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to send a certain ransom, typically in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the lost data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Famous examples include Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups and the deployment of dependable restoration tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Report in Oakland
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