Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue states, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. Current versions of crypto-ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and costly process. New versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructiveness.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections are the result of innocent-looking emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus tools. Although user education and frontline detection are important to protect against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually succeed and that you implement a solid backup solution that permits you to repair the damage quickly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Barueri-Alphaville network management staff to collect pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup processes. Progent will use this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to follow leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report covers:
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About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the victim is asked to send a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that paying the ransom will restore the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is an improperly protected RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Cerber are more complex and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes allow your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect a new attack. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups and the deployment of reliable restoration tools.
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