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Ransomware Vulnerability Review
Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue states, representing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. The latest strains of ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective recovery a complex and costly process. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Nephilim have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware infections come from innocent-seeming emails that include malicious links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front detection are important to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will inevitably get through and that you implement a strong backup mechanism that enables 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 an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Reno IT managers to gather pertinent data concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply leading practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas associated with crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Security
- Proper use of administration accounts
- Appropriate NTFS and SMB permissions
- Proper firewall setup
- Secure RDP connections
- Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting critical servers including AD
- Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is asked to pay a certain ransom, typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the extortion price will restore the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, in which the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the deployment of reliable recovery tools.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation in Reno
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