Napa Ransomware Protection and Removal Expertise
Ransomware Vulnerability Review
Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue governments, representing a possibly lethal threat to companies that are breached. Current versions of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective recovery a complex and costly exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that can escape detection by traditional signature-matching antivirus filters. While user education and up-front identification are important to protect against ransomware, best practices demand that you assume some malware will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that enables you to recover rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Napa network management staff to collect pertinent information concerning your security setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or recover from a ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on key issues associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
Security
- Proper allocation and use of administration accounts
- Correct NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Safe RDP connections
- Recommend AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and configuration
- Split permission architecture for backup integrity
- Protecting critical servers including Active Directory
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to pay a specified amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will restore the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected RDP port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious examples include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup procedures enable you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your end users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.
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