Spartanburg Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Consulting
Ransomware Vulnerability Testing
Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a potentially existential risk to companies that fall victim. Current variations of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even selective restoration a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-looking emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus tools. Although user training and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some malware will eventually get through and that you prepare a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Spartanburg IT management staff to gather pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to apply best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:
Cybersecurity
- Proper use of admin accounts
- Assigning NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
- Optimal firewall configuration
- Secure RDP access
- Guidance for AntiVirus tools selection and deployment
- Split permission model for backup protection
- Protecting required servers including Active Directory
- Offsite backups with cloud backup to Azure
About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to pay a specified amount of money (the ransom), usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout 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 booby-trapped email, in which the victim is lured into responding to by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to identify social engineering techniques. Your last line of defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.
Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Report in Spartanburg
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