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Implant: add virtualization detection#2056

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Implant: add virtualization detection#2056
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Tehreem-Iqbal:feature/implant-virtualization-info

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Summary

This PR adds virtualization detection to the implant
On startup, during the registration request, the implant now sends a field indicating whether it is running inside a virtual machine

Details

  • Added lightweight virtualization checks
  • Added new field to the registration struct
  • Updated server side to read/store the new field
  • Updated related protobuffs

Why

Operators gain immediate insight into whether the compromised host is virtualized,

Related Issue

Feature #2055

@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal deleted the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch December 3, 2025 07:57
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal restored the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch December 3, 2025 08:01
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal deleted the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch December 3, 2025 08:02
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal restored the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch December 3, 2025 08:07
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal reopened this Dec 3, 2025
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal force-pushed the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch from 3a4b1b1 to 29d974b Compare December 3, 2025 08:25
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Signum21 commented Dec 9, 2025

This is cool but i would suggest having an optional parameter in the generate just in case it creates IOC for EDR to pick

@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal force-pushed the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch from b847d93 to 844a943 Compare December 10, 2025 08:54
@Tehreem-Iqbal Tehreem-Iqbal force-pushed the feature/implant-virtualization-info branch from 844a943 to 6e3ee2f Compare December 15, 2025 05:15
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moloch-- commented Jan 4, 2026

This looks really cool! However it's also a large PR so it will take us some time to review.

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