Buffalo Ransomware Protection and Cleanup Solutions

Ransomware has been widely adopted by the major cyber-crime organizations and rogue states, representing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that fall victim. The latest strains of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive exercise. New strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of ransomware penetrations are the result of innocent-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus tools. Although user education and up-front identification are important to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some attacks will eventually get through and that you implement a strong backup solution that enables you to repair the damage quickly with little if any damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service built around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate with your Buffalo network managers to gather critical data about your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.

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

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Proper firewall settings
• Secure RDP configuration
• Advice about AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting critical servers including Active Directory
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to send a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short period of time. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will restore 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 solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware attack vector is spoofed email, in which the user is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Famous attacks are WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes enable your business to restore your ransomed files, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have been taught to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable restoration tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Checkup in Buffalo
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Preparedness Evaluation can enhance your protection against crypto-ransomware in Buffalo, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.