Brooklyn Ransomware Defense and Removal Services

Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and malicious states, posing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that fall victim. The latest variations of crypto-ransomware go after all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial recovery a challenging and expensive process. New strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing Locky, Cerber, and Petya in notoriety, sophistication, and destructiveness.

Most ransomware breaches are caused by innocuous-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are "zero-day" strains that can escape detection by traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) filters. Although user education and up-front detection are critical to protect your network against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some malware will eventually succeed and that you implement a solid backup solution that permits you to restore files and services quickly with minimal damage.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is a low-cost service built around an online discussion with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this interview Progent will cooperate with your Brooklyn network managers to collect pertinent information concerning your cybersecurity setup and backup environment. Progent will utilize this data to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment documenting how to follow best practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to prevent or clean up after a ransomware attack.

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

Cybersecurity

• Effective use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB permissions
• Optimal firewall configuration
• Safe Remote Desktop Protocol connections
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools identification and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup protection
• Protecting key servers such as AD
• Offsite backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they are unusable or are publicized. Ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically via a crypto currency like Bitcoin, within a short time window. It is never certain that delivering the ransom will restore the damaged files or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be encrypted or deleted across a network based on the target's write permissions, and you cannot solve the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, in which the victim is lured into interacting with by a social engineering exploit known as spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar source. Another popular attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker opened the new age of ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many strains of ransomware is estimated at billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Famous attacks include WannaCry, and Petya. Current headline variants like Ryuk, Maze and TeslaCrypt are more elaborate and have wreaked more havoc than older versions. Even if your backup/recovery processes enable your business to recover your encrypted files, you can still be threatened by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional variants of ransomware are launched daily, there is no guarantee that conventional signature-based anti-virus filters will detect a new attack. If threat does show up in an email, it is critical that your users have learned to be aware of social engineering tricks. Your last line of defense is a solid process for scheduling and keeping offsite backups plus the deployment of reliable restoration platforms.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Readiness Report in Brooklyn
For pricing details and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Susceptibility Testing can enhance your protection against ransomware in Brooklyn, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.