Buffalo Ransomware Protection and Removal Services

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and rogue states, representing a potentially existential threat to companies that are victimized. Current strains of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even partial restoration a long and costly exercise. New variations of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Spora, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware penetrations are caused by innocent-seeming emails that include malicious hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that can escape detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus (AV) tools. While user education and frontline detection are important to protect against ransomware attacks, best practices demand that you take for granted some attacks will eventually succeed and that you put in place a strong backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Checkup is a low-cost service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity consultant experienced in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will work with your Buffalo network management staff to collect critical data about your cybersecurity posture and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to apply best practices for configuring and managing your cybersecurity and backup systems to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues related to ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review addresses:

Security

• Proper use of administration accounts
• Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
• Recommend AntiVirus filtering identification and deployment

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Protecting critical servers such as Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the target is required to send a specified amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will restore the lost data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the victim is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common vulnerability is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every other year. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Recent headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and Cerber are more complex and have caused more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow your business to restore your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will block a new malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have been taught to identify phishing tricks. Your last line of defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping offsite backups and the deployment of reliable restoration tools.

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