COMMENT
“We should all be aware that the
threat of targeted ransomware
attacks on businesses is rising,
bringing tangible financial losses.
The trend is alarming as ransomware
actors start their crusade for new and
more profitable victims. There are
many more potential ransomware
targets in the wild, with attacks
resulting in even more disastrous
consequences,” said Anton Ivanov,
Senior Security Researcher, Anti-
Ransom, Kaspersky Lab.
To protect organizations from such
attacks, Kaspersky Lab security experts
advise the following:
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Conduct proper and timely backup
of your data so it can be used to
restore original files after a data
loss event.
Use a security solution with
behavior based detection
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technologies. These technologies
can catch malware, including
ransomware, by watching how it
operates on the attacked system
and making it possible to detect
fresh and yet unknown samples
of ransomware.
Visit The “No More Ransom”
website, a joint initiative with the
goal to help victims of ransomware
retrieve their encrypted data
without having to pay the criminals.
Audit installed software, not only
on endpoints, but also on all
nodes and servers in the network
and keep it updated.
Conduct a security assessment
of the control network (i.e.
a security audit, penetration
testing, gap analysis) to identify
and remove any security
loopholes. Review external vendor
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and 3rd party security policies in
case they have direct access to
the control network.
Request external intelligence:
intelligence from reputable vendors
helps organizations to predict
future attacks on the company.
Train your employees, paying
special attention to operational and
engineering staff and their awareness
of recent threats and attacks.
Provide protection inside and
outside the perimeter. A proper
security strategy has to devote
significant resources to attack
detection and response in order to
block an attack before it reaches
critically important objects.
To learn more about Ransomware
targeted attacks, please read the blog
post available at Securelist.com. ¡
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is one of the world’s fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and the largest that is
privately owned. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions
for endpoint users (IDC, 2014). Since 1997 Kaspersky Lab has been an innovator in cybersecurity
and provides effective digital security solutions and threat intelligence for large enterprises, SMBs
and consumers. Kaspersky Lab is an international company, operating in almost 200 countries and
territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide.
Learn more at www.kaspersky.com
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