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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.
In order to protect organisations from
such attacks, Kaspersky Lab security
experts advise the following:
• 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 behaviour
based detection technologies. These
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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
and 3rd party security policies in
case they have direct access to the
control network.
• Request external intelligence:
intelligence from reputable vendors
helps organisations 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.
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