Uberlândia Ransomware Protection and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and bad-actor governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are victimized. Current variations of crypto-ransomware target everything, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and expensive process. New variations of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocent-seeming emails with malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware, best practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will eventually get through and that you deploy a solid backup solution that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service built around a remote interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will work with your Uberlândia network management staff to collect critical information about your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow leading practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights key areas related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:

Cybersecurity

• Correct allocation and use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB permissions
• Proper firewall settings
• Safe RDP access
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up key servers such as Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to send a specified amount of money, usually via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is tricked into interacting with by a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous examples are Locky, and Petya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more complex and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup processes allow your business to recover your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid process for scheduling and retaining remote backups plus the deployment of reliable restoration platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Review in Uberlândia
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Testing can bolster your protection against ransomware in Uberlândia, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.