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Can Edgescan Show If My Organization Is Vulnerable To Ransomware Attacks?

Edgescan looks at vulnerability data that could be leveraged in ransomware attacks. This includes data outside of normal ransomware attack approaches, and traditional feeds such as CISA, first.org, NIST and EUVD.

Version Number: v1.0.0

Published Date: 10 Sept 2025

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What It Is?

Edgescan’s AI Insights includes a Ransomware Vulnerability Assessment, which identifies assets within your environment that are most at risk of ransomware exploitation. The assessment highlights critical vulnerabilities commonly targeted by ransomware operators and prioritizes them for remediation.

How It Works?

  1. Asset Analysis
    Edgescan scans across applications, APIs, networks, cloud systems, and mobile endpoints to identify assets that contain exploitable weaknesses.

  2. Vulnerability Mapping
    AI Insights correlates validated vulnerabilities with known ransomware attack vectors, including remote code execution flaws (e.g., Log4Shell, ProxyLogon, BlueKeep), authentication weaknesses, and web application vulnerabilities like SQL injection and XSS.

  3. Risk Categorization
    Findings are grouped by vulnerability type (e.g., Remote Code Execution, Authentication and Access Control, Server-Side Request Forgery, Path Traversal) to show how attackers could gain initial access, escalate privileges, and spread laterally.

  4. Prioritized Recommendations
    The system generates actionable recommendations, including immediate patching of vulnerabilities actively exploited in ransomware campaigns, strengthening authentication controls, hardening web applications, segmenting networks, and enhancing monitoring.

Features & Benefits

  • Targeted Remediation: Focuses on the specific vulnerabilities most associated with ransomware deployment.

  • Actionable Guidance: Provides clear patching and control recommendations, not just raw findings.

  • Reduced Exposure: Minimizes the likelihood of successful ransomware attacks by addressing known exploitation paths.

  • Executive Clarity: Offers summaries that communicate ransomware risk to leadership in business-relevant terms.

  • Operational Efficiency: Helps security and IT teams allocate resources to the vulnerabilities that matter most.

Common Use Cases

  • Ransomware Risk Assessment: Quickly determine if assets in your environment are vulnerable to known ransomware techniques.

  • Patch Management Prioritization: Direct patching efforts to critical CVEs like Log4Shell, ProxyLogon, and BlueKeep.

  • Application Security Hardening: Remediate SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities that often provide initial access for ransomware actors.

  • Network Defense Planning: Use insights to implement segmentation and reduce lateral movement opportunities.

  • Monitoring and Detection: Enhance security operations by focusing detection rules and threat hunting on assets most at risk.