Boise Ransomware Prevention and Cleanup Consulting

Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, posing a possibly existential threat to companies that are victimized. The latest variations of ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and costly exercise. Novel variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-looking emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude detection by legacy signature-based antivirus tools. While user education and frontline identification are important to protect against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually get through and that you implement a strong backup mechanism that enables you to recover quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. During this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Boise network management staff to gather critical information concerning your security posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow best practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Proper use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Protecting required servers including Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is required to send a specified amount of money, usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the ransom will recover the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the victim is lured into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email to appear to come from a familiar source. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Famous attacks are Locky, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes permit you to recover your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have been taught to identify phishing tricks. Your ultimate defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups and the use of dependable recovery platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Evaluation in Boise
For pricing information and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Review can bolster your protection against ransomware in Boise, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.