Cleveland Ransomware Prevention and Removal Expertise

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and malicious governments, posing a possibly lethal threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest versions of ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including online backup, making even selective recovery a long and costly process. Novel variations of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and CryptoWall in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

Most ransomware penetrations are caused by innocent-looking emails with dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. While user training and up-front detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you take for granted some malware will eventually succeed and that you put in place a solid backup mechanism that enables you to repair the damage quickly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent security consultant skilled in ransomware protection and repair. In the course of this interview Progent will cooperate with your Cleveland network management staff to collect pertinent information concerning your security setup and backup processes. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for implementing and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or recover from a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights key issues associated with crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Proper firewall configuration
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access
• Recommend AntiVirus tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Backing up required servers including AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malicious software that encrypts or deletes a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to send a certain ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short time window. There is no guarantee that paying the extortion price will recover the lost data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or erased across a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption algorithms used on the hostage files. A common ransomware delivery package is spoofed email, whereby the target is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another common vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by different versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples include Locky, and NotPetya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup procedures permit your business to restore your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where ransomed data are made public (known as "doxxing"). Because new versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus tools will detect the latest attack. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your end users have learned to identify social engineering techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the deployment of reliable recovery tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Assessment in Cleveland
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Checkup can bolster your defense against ransomware in Cleveland, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.