With every step towards better cyber defense, malicious attackers counter with new tactics, techniques and procedures. It’s not like the attackers are going to say, “All right, you made it too tough for us this time; we’re checking out.” That is not happening.
Increased use of virtualization comes with both operational efficiencies and abilities to deploy a sound resilience strategy specifically related to recovery. With solid backup and restoration methods and disaster recovery planning, spinning up some images and backups can be relatively easy when needed. Done well, they facilitate quick recovery with minimal impact and disruption.
But when an organization employs virtualization, the underlying infrastructure that powers all of that, such as the hypervisor, also becomes a prime target.
One of the Most Attractive Targets
Knocking out the foundation can create chaos. And malicious actors are taking advantage of emotive responses, particularly during ransomware attacks, to leverage the chaos of having a major component under their control.
The most basic take on why hypervisors are attractive targets can be attributed to poor patching. But patching alone is only part of the picture. Hypervisors are generally complex products requiring management, maintenance and, of course, labor to provide oversight. With a cybersecurity labor shortage still present, malicious actors get to operate in a target-rich environment where people are not present to manage ..
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