Brasília Ransomware Protection and Removal Consulting

Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and rogue states, posing a possibly existential threat to businesses that are breached. The latest strains of ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and expensive exercise. New variations of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Conti and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and CryptoWall in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

Most crypto-ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails with dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" attacks that elude the defenses of legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and frontline identification are critical to defend against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that permits you to repair the damage quickly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is an ultra-affordable service built around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this interview Progent will collaborate with your Brasília IT managers to gather critical information concerning your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will use this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup systems to prevent or clean up after a crypto-ransomware attack.

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

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) permissions
• Proper firewall settings
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Backing up required servers such as AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that paying the ransom will recover the damaged data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, in which the user is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous examples include WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than earlier versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes permit your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect a new malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of protection is a sound scheme for performing and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Report in Brasília
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Evaluation can enhance your protection against crypto-ransomware in Brasília, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.