On May 12th, WannaCry/WCry 2.0 infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, taking the user’s data hostage and demanding bitcoins to release it. We can’t know how many people paid this ransom and whether they were able to get their data back – regardless, that data was compromised. Hackers were mostly likely able to conduct their attacks due to Microsoft Windows vulnerability that was leaked, and through infected email attachments. Before you get too worried – if you are protected by enterprise-level security systems, you are most likely already protected by secure firewalls and anti-virus software.
Brevall works closely together with several firewall and data security partners, including WatchGuard. Their Total Security Suite successfully blocks ransomware threats, protecting customers from losing data, time, and their reputation. While the Gateway AntiVirus (GAV) solution does catch many variants, APT Blocker’s behavior detection will block all current and future repacked WannaCry strains – and the Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) will catch the NSA leaked MS17-010 vulnerability that it uses to spread. Additionally, Threat Detection and Response (TDR) provides the correlated information necessary to detect and remediate WannaCry and future advanced threats! Brevall can sit down and talk to you about the benefits of these solutions, while answering any of your data security questions.
You can learn more about the WannaCry attack from WatchGuard’s CTO, Corey Nachreiner in this Daily Security Byte and his latest blog post on Secplicity. Also, feel free to contact us with any of your questions.