Dallas Ransomware Defense and Removal Solutions

Ransomware has become the weapon of choice for cybercriminals and bad-actor governments, representing a potentially existential threat to businesses that are breached. Current versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including online backup, making even selective restoration a challenging and expensive exercise. New versions of crypto-ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Egregor have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructive impact.

90% of crypto-ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that include dangerous hyperlinks or attachments, and many are "zero-day" strains that elude the defenses of traditional signature-matching antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and frontline identification are critical to defend your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you take for granted some malware will inevitably get through and that you put in place a solid backup solution that enables you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is a low-cost service built around an online interview with a Progent security consultant experienced in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Dallas network managers to collect critical information concerning your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to follow best practices for configuring and managing your security and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital areas associated with ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Proper use of administration accounts
• Appropriate NTFS and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Optimal firewall settings
• Secure RDP access
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Protecting required servers such as Active Directory
• Offsite backups with cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malicious software that encrypts or steals files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the damage, the target is asked to pay a specified ransom, usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a short period of time. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will restore the lost files or prevent its publication. Files can be encrypted or erased throughout a network depending on the target's write permissions, and you cannot break the strong encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is booby-trapped email, whereby the user is tricked into responding to by a social engineering technique known as spear phishing. This makes the email to appear to come from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly secured Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the modern era of ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars per year, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks include WannaCry, and NotPetya. Current high-profile variants like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and TeslaCrypt are more elaborate and have wreaked more damage than older versions. Even if your backup procedures allow you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where stolen data are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware crop up every day, there is no certainty that conventional signature-matching anti-virus tools will block the latest malware. If an attack does appear in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of phishing techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups plus the use of reliable restoration tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Testing in Dallas
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Vulnerability Report can bolster your defense against ransomware in Dallas, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.