Traditional security tools were built for a threat model that assumed compromise begins at the endpoint. EDR expects attackers to deploy malware, trigger telemetry, and give defenders time to respond.
Today’s most effective threat groups—including Scattered Spider, UNC5221, and Akira—increasingly leverage valid credentials, pivot through management planes, and target the virtualization layer where critical workloads converge.
When attackers operate at or near the hypervisor, endpoint visibility can be incomplete or misleading. Activity may occur outside the guest OS, span multiple VMs at once, or move through trusted administrative pathways. In these scenarios, detect-and-respond comes too late.
Advanced security teams are shifting left by implementing preemptive controls at the hypervisor and infrastructure layer to stop execution before impact.
In this live session, we’ll cover:
– Why EDR struggles against identity-led intrusions in virtualized environments
– How modern threat groups reach hypervisors through credential abuse and administrative tooling
– What preemptive security at the hypervisor looks like in practice
Ponentes: Nathan Montierth | Solutions Engineer & Threat Intelligence Lead, Vali Cyber