Bakersfield Ransomware Filtering and Removal Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, posing a potentially existential threat to businesses that fall victim. Current variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and expensive exercise. Novel versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

90% of crypto-ransomware infections come from innocuous-looking emails with dangerous links or attachments, and many are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus tools. Although user education and up-front identification are important to defend against ransomware, best practices dictate that you assume some malware will inevitably succeed and that you deploy a strong backup solution that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will work directly with your Bakersfield network managers to gather pertinent information about your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply leading practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report covers:

Security

• Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Proper firewall setup
• Safe RDP configuration
• Advice about AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting required servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is asked to pay a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, whereby the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block a new attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound process for performing and keeping remote backups plus the use of dependable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation in Bakersfield
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Review can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Bakersfield, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.