Boise Ransomware Defense and Removal Expertise

Ransomware has been weaponized by the major cyber-crime organizations and bad-actor states, posing a possibly existential threat to businesses that fall victim. Modern versions of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and expensive exercise. New variations of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

Most crypto-ransomware infections are caused by innocuous-looking emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" variants that can escape detection by legacy signature-based antivirus tools. Although user training and frontline detection are critical to protect against ransomware, best practices dictate that you take for granted some attacks will inevitably get through and that you deploy a solid backup solution that enables you to repair the damage quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will collaborate with your Boise network managers to gather pertinent data concerning your cybersecurity configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this information to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to adhere to best practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution 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 prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
• Correct NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB authorizations
• Optimal firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to 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 often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is required to send a specified amount of money (the ransom), typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is not guaranteed that delivering the ransom will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, whereby the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a trusted source. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious attacks are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more complex and have caused more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup processes enable your business to restore your encrypted data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus filters will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound process for scheduling and retaining remote backups and the deployment of dependable recovery platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Review in Boise
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Report can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Boise, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.