Warehouse management software biz SnapFulfil hit by ransomware: It's not just the big dogs getting KO'd

A UK cloud-based warehouse management software provider was struck by ransomware earlier this week. Emails from SnapFulfil, a trading name of Synergy Logistics, sent to its customers late last week and shown to The Register, revealed how a ransomware attack targeted the company's services, disrupting warehouse operations for …

[Paul Herber]

I get knocked down, but I get up again

Not one of Yes's more successful songs.

[IGotOut]

Re: I get knocked down, but I get up again

More likely to be Cumbawumba reference.

[Doctor Syntax]

How about, if you're selling ?aaS, you keep the production network well isolated from the office network?

It wouldn't be a cure-all but it least protects the punters from an office junior or CEO who hasn't got to grips with the notion there might be something nasty in emails.

[JCitizen]

I get so tired of reading about these attacks..

Especially when I see it as a simple proposition to prevent it. Any good MCSE could set up Active Directory and use all the MMC settings, snap-ins, and permissions to prevent such attacks, and when I tested these settings against malware in my honeypot lab, I never had a variant that could penetrate these settings to encrypt critical files on the target machine.

There was also a free batch file that was available at bleepingcomputer called CryptoPrevent that was easy to setup, and much cheaper for the paid version, than hiring a Microsoft Certified Software Engineer to do the same thing; maybe even better. It always came with some code that Bitdefender made resident; but I never bothered to find out what exact product that was. Foolish-IT has been bought out since then, so I have no idea if the new company can be trusted now or not.