Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, representing a possibly lethal risk to companies that are breached. Current strains of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, displacing WannaCry, Spora, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructiveness.
Most crypto-ransomware penetrations are caused by innocent-seeming emails that have malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. Although user training and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware, best practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will inevitably succeed and that you put in place a strong backup solution that enables you to repair the damage rapidly with little if any losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will work with your Akron IT managers to gather pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:
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About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is asked to pay a specified ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is not guaranteed that paying the ransom will recover the damaged data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, whereby the user is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes permit your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your ultimate defense is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the use of reliable restoration platforms.
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