You are using Security Command Center (SCC) to protect your workloads and receive alerts for suspected security breaches at your company. You need to detect cryptocurrency mining software. Which SCC…

The correct answer is A. Virtual Machine Threat Detection. Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) is the Security Command Center service that detects threats running inside Compute Engine VMs, including cryptocurrency mining software. It uses agentless memory scanning and behavioral analysis to identify malicious processes such as…

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Question

You are using Security Command Center (SCC) to protect your workloads and receive alerts for suspected security breaches at your company. You need to detect cryptocurrency mining software. Which SCC service should you use?

Options

AVirtual Machine Threat Detection
BContainer Threat Detection
CRapid Vulnerability Detection
DWeb Security Scanner

How the community answered

(24 responses)

A
88% (21)
B
4% (1)
D
8% (2)

Explanation

Virtual Machine Threat Detection (VMTD) is the Security Command Center service that detects threats running inside Compute Engine VMs, including cryptocurrency mining software. It uses agentless memory scanning and behavioral analysis to identify malicious processes such as miners that exhibit high CPU usage and known mining patterns. Container Threat Detection (B) monitors GKE container runtime behavior, not standalone VMs. Rapid Vulnerability Detection (C) scans for known unpatched vulnerabilities, not active runtime threats like miners. Web Security Scanner (D) tests web application endpoints for vulnerabilities like XSS and SQLi - it has no visibility into VM process behavior.

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