Belo Horizonte Ransomware Prevention and Removal Solutions

Ransomware has been widely adopted by cybercriminals and bad-actor governments, posing a potentially lethal threat to businesses that are successfully attacked. Modern versions of crypto-ransomware go after everything, including backup, making even selective recovery a long and costly process. New strains of ransomware such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, Phobos, LockBit and Egregor have emerged, displacing Locky, TeslaCrypt, and Petya in prominence, elaborateness, and destructiveness.

Most ransomware breaches come from innocent-looking emails that have dangerous hyperlinks or file attachments, and many are "zero-day" attacks that can escape the defenses of traditional signature-based antivirus (AV) tools. Although user education and frontline detection are important to defend your network against ransomware, leading practices dictate that you expect that some attacks will eventually succeed and that you deploy a strong backup mechanism that allows you to restore files and services quickly with little if any losses.

Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report is an ultra-affordable service centered around an online interview with a Progent cybersecurity expert skilled in ransomware protection and recovery. During this assessment Progent will work directly with your Belo Horizonte IT managers to collect pertinent data about your security configuration and backup environment. Progent will use this data to produce a Basic Security and Best Practices Report detailing how to apply best practices for implementing and managing your cybersecurity and backup solution to block or recover from a ransomware attack.

Progent's Basic Security and Best Practices Assessment focuses on key issues related to ransomware prevention and restoration recovery. The review covers:

Cybersecurity

• Correct use of admin accounts
• Assigning NTFS (New Technology File System) and SMB (Server Message Block) authorizations
• Proper firewall setup
• Secure Remote Desktop Protocol access
• Recommend AntiVirus (AV) tools selection and configuration

• Split permission model for backup protection
• Backing up required servers including Active Directory
• Geographically dispersed backups including cloud backup to Microsoft Azure

About Ransomware
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts or deletes files so they cannot be used or are made publicly available. Crypto-ransomware often locks the target's computer. To avoid the carnage, the target is asked to pay a certain amount of money, usually via a crypto currency such as Bitcoin, within a brief period of time. It is never certain that paying the extortion price will restore the damaged data or prevent its exposure to the public. Files can be altered or erased across a network based on the victim's write permissions, and you cannot reverse engineer the strong encryption technologies used on the compromised files. A common ransomware attack vector is booby-trapped email, whereby the victim is tricked into responding to by means of a social engineering exploit called spear phishing. This causes the email message to look as though it came from a familiar sender. Another common attack vector is a poorly protected Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port.

The ransomware variant CryptoLocker ushered in the new age of crypto-ransomware in 2013, and the damage attributed to by different strains of ransomware is said to be billions of dollars annually, more than doubling every other year. Famous examples are Locky, and NotPetya. Recent headline threats like Ryuk, DoppelPaymer and CryptoWall are more sophisticated and have wreaked more damage than older strains. Even if your backup/recovery procedures permit you to restore your ransomed data, you can still be hurt by exfiltration, where ransomed documents are made public. Because additional versions of ransomware crop up every day, there is no guarantee that traditional signature-matching anti-virus tools will detect the latest malware. If threat does appear in an email, it is important that your users have been taught to identify social engineering tricks. Your last line of defense is a solid process for performing and keeping remote backups and the use of dependable restoration tools.

Ask Progent About the ProSight Crypto-Ransomware Readiness Review in Belo Horizonte
For pricing information and to learn more about how Progent's ProSight Ransomware Vulnerability Report can bolster your defense against crypto-ransomware in Belo Horizonte, call Progent at 800-462-8800 or visit Contact Progent.