São Paulo Ransomware Defense and Remediation Solutions
Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation
Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, representing a potentially lethal risk to companies that are victimized. The latest variations of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and costly exercise. New variations of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, Cerber, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.
Most crypto-ransomware penetrations are the result of innocent-seeming emails that have dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. Although user training and frontline detection are important to defend against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will inevitably get through and that you deploy a strong backup solution that allows you to repair the damage quickly with little if any damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around an online interview with a Progent security consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your São Paulo IT managers to gather critical data about your cybersecurity profile and backup environment. Progent will use this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
Security
- Effective use of admin accounts
- Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Secure Remote Desktop Protocol access
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup integrity
- Protecting key servers including AD
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is required to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will recover the damaged data or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the victim'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, in which the victim is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of 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. Famous attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable you to restore your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the use of reliable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Testing in São Paulo
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