Chandler Ransomware Defense and Removal Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cybercriminals and malicious governments, representing a potentially existential risk to companies that are successfully attacked. Current variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a challenging and expensive process. New strains of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Mailto (aka Netwalker), Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware penetrations are caused by innocent-looking emails that include dangerous links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" variants that elude detection by legacy signature-matching antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to protect against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you expect that some attacks will inevitably succeed and that you prepare a strong backup solution that permits you to repair the damage quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Checkup is a low-cost service built around an online interview with a Progent security consultant experienced in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will work directly with your Chandler IT managers to gather pertinent information concerning your security posture and backup environment. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and managing your security and backup systems to prevent or recover from a crypto-ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment highlights vital issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Proper firewall configuration
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol configuration
• Recommend AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Backing up key servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or steals a victim's files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to send a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is not guaranteed that delivering the extortion price will recover the lost files or avoid its publication. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, in which the victim is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to appear to come from a familiar source. Another common vulnerability is a poorly secured RDP port.

CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage caused by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous attacks are Locky, and Petya. Current high-profile threats like Ryuk, Sodinokibi and Spora are more elaborate and have caused more havoc than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit your business to recover your ransomed files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public (known as "doxxing"). Because new variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If threat does show up in an email, it is important that your users have learned to identify phishing tricks. Your last line of protection is a solid process for scheduling and keeping remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery tools.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Review in Chandler
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Review can enhance your protection against ransomware in Chandler, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.