Akamai security researchers have uncovered an interesting attack technique they call “Bring Your Own EDR.”
The research demonstrates how a trusted, privileged EDR component can potentially become an attacker’s tool against the system it was designed to protect.
In a SentinelOne case study, researchers found that exposed interfaces could be abused by an administrator to bypass Windows Protected Process Light protections and interact with highly protected processes. By chaining multiple techniques, they demonstrated how legitimate security software could potentially be turned into a powerful attack mechanism.
The bigger lesson is important: security software itself is part of the attack surface.
EDR solutions operate with extremely high privileges, which makes vulnerabilities, exposed interfaces, weak trust assumptions, and insecure management mechanisms particularly significant. Organizations should consider not only whether their security tools detect threats, but also how well those tools protect themselves from abuse.
“Bring Your Own EDR” is an interesting evolution of the traditional BYOVD concept and another reminder that trusted software should never automatically be treated as inherently trustworthy.
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