São Paulo Ransomware Prevention and Removal Services

Ransomware has been weaponized by cyber extortionists and rogue governments, representing a possibly lethal risk to businesses that are successfully attacked. The latest variations of crypto-ransomware target all vulnerable resources, including backup, making even partial restoration a long and costly process. Novel versions of crypto-ransomware like Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, DopplePaymer, Snatch and Nephilim have made the headlines, replacing WannaCry, Spora, and NotPetya in prominence, sophistication, and destructive impact.

Most ransomware infections come from innocuous-seeming emails that include malicious links or file attachments, and a high percentage are so-called "zero-day" attacks that elude detection by legacy signature-based antivirus filters. Although user education and up-front identification are critical to defend against ransomware attacks, leading practices demand that you assume some malware will inevitably get through and that you prepare a solid backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services rapidly with minimal losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Preparedness Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around a remote discussion with a Progent cybersecurity consultant skilled in ransomware defense and repair. During this assessment Progent will cooperate with your São Paulo IT management staff to gather pertinent information about your security setup and backup processes. Progent will use this information to generate a Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment detailing how to follow leading practices for implementing and administering your security and backup solution to block or recover from a ransomware assault.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on vital issues associated with ransomware defense and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Effective allocation and use of administration accounts
• Assigning NTFS and SMB authorizations
• Proper firewall setup
• Safe RDP access
• Recommend AntiVirus filtering selection and configuration

• Split permission architecture for backup integrity
• Protecting key servers such as AD
• Geographically dispersed backups with 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. Crypto-ransomware often locks the victim's computer. To prevent the carnage, the victim is required to pay a certain amount of money (the ransom), typically in the form of a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that paying the ransom will recover the lost data or prevent its publication. Files can be altered or erased throughout a network depending on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot break the military-grade encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A typical ransomware delivery package is tainted email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering technique called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a trusted sender. Another popular vulnerability is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol port.

CryptoLocker opened the modern era of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the monetary losses attributed to by the many versions of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, roughly doubling every two years. Notorious attacks include Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, Maze and Spora are more sophisticated and have caused more damage than older strains. Even if your backup processes allow you to recover your encrypted data, you can still be hurt by so-called exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because new variants of ransomware are launched every day, there is no certainty that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest attack. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your end users have learned to be aware of social engineering techniques. Your last line of defense is a solid scheme for performing and retaining remote backups plus the use of reliable recovery tools.

Contact Progent About the ProSight Ransomware Susceptibility Assessment in São Paulo
For pricing details and to find out more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Testing can enhance your protection against ransomware in São Paulo, phone Progent at 800-462-8800 or see Contact Progent.