Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue governments, representing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that are victimized. The latest strains of crypto-ransomware target everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a complex and costly exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of ransomware infections are the result of innocent-seeming emails that include malicious links or attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. Although user training and up-front detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you take for granted some attacks will eventually succeed and that you put in place a strong backup mechanism that allows you to recover rapidly with minimal losses.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your Bellevue IT managers to gather pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital areas associated with crypto-ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:
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About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the victim is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and CryptoWall are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow your business to recover your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid process for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of dependable recovery platforms.
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