Webroot Protects You Against Bad Rabbit
Webroot customers are protected from the Bad
Rabbit malware that is affecting computers across Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, a
few surrounding Eastern-European countries, as well as Japan.
Bad Rabbit is a well-made piece of malware that
uses a lot of clever tricks to spread, similar to NotPetya, which affected
customers across the globe this Winter.
Bad Rabbit has been successful as it has
worm-like behavior, using embedded usernames and passwords to move laterally
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Attackers used compromised websites, most of
which are news sources local to the APAC/Eastern European region, as
watering-hole infection vectors which helps explain the geographic location.
When Bad Rabbit tries to restart your machine
and encrypt data, Webroot SecureAnywhere, will prompt you with a warning about
unauthorized Master Boot Record alternation.
Webroot also blocks the files responsible for Bad Rabbit through our
BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Platform. |
Although Webroot customers are protected
against Bad Rabbit, we recommend all users to maintain good cyber hygiene:
- Limit
Admin account usage to only employees who need it.
- Don’t
use easily guessable passwords.
- Update
Windows – Ransomware authors take advantage of unpatched systems.
- Backup
your data. Ransomware is crippled entirely if you have a backup copy of your
data.
In the meantime, start your free trial of
Webroot
SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection with our purpose-built
management console today! And if you’re already a Business Endpoint Protection
user, add DNS Protection to your Global Site Manager console FREE for 30 days. |
