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Ransomware Preparedness Report
Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, representing a possibly existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Modern versions of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and costly process. New variations of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have emerged, displacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
90% of ransomware breaches come from innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user education and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware, best practices demand that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you put in place a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote interview with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will collaborate with your Fremont network management staff to gather pertinent data about your cybersecurity configuration and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Correct use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB authorizations
- Proper firewall setup
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and configuration
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Backing up required servers such as AD
- Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the victim is asked to pay a specified amount of money, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will restore the lost data or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption algorithms used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every two years. Famous attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more complex and have caused more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures allow your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid process for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery tools.
Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Audit in Fremont
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