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NotPetya: How to Prep and Respond if You're Hit

Security pros share practices to prepare and handle advanced malware attacks like NotPetya.
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Respond: Detect the problem The sooner you know about a problem, the sooner you can implement a disaster recovery plan and mitigate the damage. Pierson notes antivirus is a good first line of defense for endpoint protection, especially when configured according to specialized guides to protect certain file locations. In addition, he says, there are several controls businesses can use to scan for files being encrypted en masse. Teams should be reviewing all of their controls, and using network or behavioral tools to accurately identify and block suspicious activity. 'Companies need to make sure they have the traditional signature-based defenses in place, but they must also have network anomaly-based tools that can sense the rapid encryption of system resources and shut down an attack in progress,' Pierson says. (Image: Sergey Nivens via Shutterstock)

Respond: Detect the problem

The sooner you know about a problem, the sooner you can implement a disaster recovery plan and mitigate the damage. Pierson notes antivirus is a good first line of defense for endpoint protection, especially when configured according to specialized guides to protect certain file locations.

In addition, he says, there are several controls businesses can use to scan for files being encrypted en masse. Teams should be reviewing all of their controls, and using network or behavioral tools to accurately identify and block suspicious activity.

"Companies need to make sure they have the traditional signature-based defenses in place, but they must also have network anomaly-based tools that can sense the rapid encryption of system resources and shut down an attack in progress," Pierson says.

(Image: Sergey Nivens via Shutterstock)

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RobEnns
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7/13/2017 | 2:56:59 PM
Re: What about replicated COOP scenarios
Very good question, interested in the same.
matt.trevors
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matt.trevors,
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7/12/2017 | 12:13:55 PM
We need to stop confusing end users
We in the security community have a very difficult time conveying the importance of various strategies and tactics to end users when it comes to securing their infrastructure.  I believe it in part is because we aren't promoting a unified message. Instead, we tell them what we "think" are the right things to do.  Instead, why don't you preach about the adoption of existing well-documented strategies and tactics?  For instance, you could have pointed end users to the Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls (formerly SANS 20) which would include standing up an incident response plan, patching boxes, and backing up high-value assets.  Also, you could have pointed people to NIST 800-61 Computer Security Incident Handling Guide which would give them a good idea of how to stand up incident response capabilities for their organization (planning, detection & analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident activities).  Finally, you are dancing around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework which includes functions, categories, and subcategories that describe how to identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover.  

As a community, we need to get better at getting our message across or things are never going to get better.  To do that, we all need to get on the same page and back published standards.  If you don't agree with the standards, most encourage community feedback.
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7/11/2017 | 4:23:26 PM
Re: What about replicated COOP scenarios
Isolate the backup target from the network - make shares hidden so they aren't easily accessible - restrict user accounts - implement local\offsite backup.
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7/10/2017 | 8:35:09 AM
What about replicated COOP scenarios
Just curious of how a malware attack would affect an active-active DR scenario.  If the malware can infect a primary target, I would think it would affect the backup environment.  And what would this do to the backup recovery plans?  Sounds like the best bet is to still use tape backup.
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