Barueri-Alphaville Ransomware Prevention and Removal Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and rogue governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. Modern versions of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even selective restoration a long and costly exercise. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware penetrations come from innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" strains that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and frontline detection are important to defend against ransomware attacks, best practices dictate that you assume some malware will eventually get through and that you implement a solid backup mechanism that permits you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Assessment is a low-cost service centered around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate with your Barueri-Alphaville network managers to gather pertinent data about your security setup and backup processes. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Effective use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS and SMB permissions
• Proper firewall settings
• Secure RDP connections
• Guidance for AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration

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

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to send a specified amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the user is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a trusted source. Another common vulnerability is an improperly protected RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes permit your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public. Because new versions of ransomware crop up daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the use of dependable recovery platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Evaluation in Barueri-Alphaville
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Review can bolster your defense against ransomware in Barueri-Alphaville, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.