Free CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Practice Question

An increase in processor consumption is indeed a host-related anomaly that might indicate an unauthorized activity, such as a malware infection or a resource-intensive attack. While there can be legitimate reasons for high processor usage, such as a legitimate application process or scheduled task, in the context of security operations, an analyst would treat this as a potential indicator of compromise (IoC) and investigate further to rule out or confirm malicious activity.