1/ #Hardening: More and more attackers in ransomware cases are attacking the ESXi and vCenter infrastructure to encrypt a large part of the systems in a company within a short time.
2/ Once an attacker has gained access to a network, the captured credentials are used for logging into the vCenter infrastructure.
Removing ESXi and vCenter from Active Directory prevents compromised Active Directory accounts from being used to authenticate directly to the
Removing ESXi and vCenter from Active Directory prevents compromised Active Directory accounts from being used to authenticate directly to the
3/ virtualization infrastructure. Authentication would need to happen directly on the relevant systems, and administrators must have dedicated accounts for logging in. These measures cannot prevent compromise but at least make it more
4/ difficult for an attacker. The more time an attacker has to spend in a network (and also has to start more tools etc.), the higher the chances that he will be discovered (through AV events, high CPU load, or EDR detections).
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