Charlotte Ransomware Filtering and Remediation Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and rogue states, representing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are breached. The latest strains of ransomware target everything, including backup, making even partial recovery a complex and expensive exercise. New strains of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, TeslaCrypt, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-seeming emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some attacks will inevitably get through and that you implement a solid backup solution that permits you to recover quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your Charlotte network management staff to collect critical information about your security profile and backup environment. Progent will utilize this information to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to adhere to leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Correct allocation and use of admin accounts
• Appropriate NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Proper firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration
• Guidance for AntiVirus tools identification and configuration

• Split permission model for backup integrity
• Protecting critical servers such as Active Directory
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the victim's computer. To prevent the damage, the victim is required to send a certain amount of money, typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. It is never certain that delivering the extortion price will restore the damaged files or avoid its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware attack vector is tainted email, whereby the target is tricked into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a trusted sender. Another popular vulnerability is an improperly secured RDP port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Notorious examples include Locky, and NotPetya. Current headline threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures enable your business to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed data are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-based anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to identify phishing techniques. Your ultimate defense is a solid process for performing and keeping offsite backups plus the use of reliable restoration tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report in Charlotte
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Consultation can bolster your protection against crypto-ransomware in Charlotte, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.