Beware Of New Ransomware Groups! Cybersecurity Experts Give This Advice For Businesses

How to be safe from ransomware attacks (photo: iStock)

JAKARTA - In today's digital era, there are many threats of cyber crime that can target anyone, especially workers and business people.

Recently, cyber security company Kaspersky discovered a new ransomware group called Luna.

According to his findings, Luna deploys malware written in Rust whose cross-platform capabilities allow the group to target Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems at once.

“The trend we outlined earlier this year seems to be starting to pick up. We are seeing more and more groups using cross-platform languages to write their ransomware,” said Jornt van der Wiel, security expert at Kaspersky.

To protect yourself and your business from ransomware attacks, consider following the following rules proposed by Kaspersky:

• Do not expose remote desktop services (such as remote desktop protocol) to public networks unless absolutely necessary and always use strong passwords for them.
• Focus your defense strategy on detecting lateral movement and exfiltration of data to the internet. Pay special attention to outbound traffic to detect cybercriminals' connections.
• Use expert security solutions that can help identify and stop attacks at an early stage, before attackers reach their final destination.
• To protect the company environment, educate your employees.
• Use the latest Threat Intelligence information to stay up-to-date on the actual TTP used by threat actors.