Modesto Ransomware Prevention and Recovery Solutions

Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and malicious governments, representing a potentially existential risk to businesses that are breached. Modern strains of ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a long and expensive process. New versions of ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, Conti and Egregor have emerged, displacing WannaCry, Spora, and NotPetya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

Most crypto-ransomware breaches are the result of innocuous-looking emails with malicious links or attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" variants that elude the defenses of legacy signature-based antivirus tools. While user training and up-front identification are important to defend against ransomware, leading practices demand that you assume some malware will inevitably get through and that you deploy a solid backup mechanism that allows you to repair the damage quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment is a low-cost service built around a remote discussion with a Progent security expert skilled in ransomware defense and recovery. During this interview Progent will collaborate directly with your Modesto network managers to collect pertinent data about your cybersecurity profile and backup processes. Progent will utilize this data to create a Basic Security and Best Practices Report documenting how to apply leading practices for configuring and administering your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or clean up after a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Report focuses on vital issues related to crypto-ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The report addresses:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall settings
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
• Guidance for AntiVirus (AV) filtering selection and deployment

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Protecting critical servers including Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a variety of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Crypto-ransomware sometimes locks the target's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is asked to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), usually in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief time window. There is no guarantee that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or avoid its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the military-grade encryption technologies used on the hostage files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, in which the user is lured into interacting with by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This makes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another popular attack vector is an improperly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses caused by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars per year, more than doubling every two years. Famous examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent high-profile variants like Ryuk, Maze and CryptoWall are more sophisticated and have caused more havoc than earlier strains. Even if your backup/recovery processes allow your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by exfiltration, where stolen documents are exposed to the public. Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that traditional 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 ultimate protection is a solid scheme for scheduling and retaining offsite backups and the deployment of dependable restoration platforms.

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