Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cyber extortionists and malicious states, representing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. Current variations of ransomware target everything, including backup, making even partial recovery a complex and costly process. New variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), DopplePaymer, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.
90% of crypto-ransomware infections are the result of innocent-seeming emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus tools. While user education and frontline identification are critical to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices dictate that you expect that some malware will inevitably succeed and that you deploy a strong backup solution that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.
Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service built around a remote interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware protection and repair. During this assessment Progent will collaborate directly with your Broomfield network management staff to gather pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to adhere to best practices for implementing and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.
Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:
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About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the target is required to send a certain amount of money, typically via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will recover the lost files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the target is lured into interacting with by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured RDP port.
The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more complex and have caused more damage than older versions. Even if your backup procedures permit you to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest attack. If an attack 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 and the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.
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