Meet the real Matrix: the Swiss Army Knife of hacking

Sophos recommends implementing the following four security measures immediately:

• Restrict access to remote control applications such as Remote Desktop (RDP) and VNC
• Complete, regular vulnerability scans and penetration tests across the network; if you haven’t followed through on recent pen-testing reports, do it now. If you don’t heed the advice of your pentesters, the cybercriminals will win
• Multi-factor authentication for sensitive internal systems, even for employees on the LAN or VPN
• Create back-ups that are offline and offsite, and develop a disaster recovery plan that covers the restoration of data and systems for whole organisations, all at once

For additional information and fact checking, see Matrix: A Low-Key Targeted Ransomware report by Sophos.

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