Cabo Frio Ransomware Filtering and Restoration Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue governments, posing a possibly existential risk to companies that are breached. Modern versions of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective recovery a challenging and costly exercise. Novel versions of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, LockBit and Nephilim have emerged, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that include malicious hyperlinks or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus filters. While user education and frontline detection are important to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you deploy a solid backup solution that enables you to repair the damage quickly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service centered around a remote interview with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and repair. In the course of this assessment Progent will cooperate directly with your Cabo Frio IT management staff to collect critical data about your cybersecurity posture and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow best practices for configuring and administering your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report highlights key issues related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Security

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall settings
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Guidance for AntiVirus filtering identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Backing up critical servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged files or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or deleted across a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, in which the user is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted source. Another common attack vector is an improperly secured RDP port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more damage than earlier versions. Even if your backup procedures allow you to restore your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus filters will block the latest malware. If an attack does show up in an email, it is important that your users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your ultimate protection is a sound scheme for scheduling and retaining remote backups and the use of dependable recovery platforms.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment in Cabo Frio
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Readiness Review can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Cabo Frio, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.