1. A device, comprising: a non-transitory storage medium configured to be in communication with the device, wherein the non-transitory storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the device to at least: retrieve information associated with a first virtual machine operating on the device, the first virtual machine comprising a processing property associated with the first virtual machine; execute a second virtual machine comprising a duplicate processing property, wherein the second virtual machine and the first virtual machine are configured with a corresponding operating condition based on the information; provide the second virtual machine and the first virtual machine with operational data that comprises network traffic data associated with a distributed computing system; determine a discrepancy between the duplicate processing property of the second virtual machine and the processing property of the first virtual machine based on first execution data generated by the second virtual machine in response to the network traffic data provided to the second virtual machine and second execution data generated by the first virtual machine in response to the network traffic provided to the first virtual machine; replace the first virtual machine with a duplicate third virtual machine and initiate analysis of the first virtual machine for a security event associated with unauthorized usage of the first virtual machine in response to a determination, based on the network traffic data provided to the second virtual machine and the first virtual machine, that a first number of processor cycles associated with the duplicate processing property of the second virtual machine does not match a second number of processor cycles associated with the processing property of the first virtual machine; and initiate a security event reaction responsive to the security event and the determination that the first number of processor cycles does not match the second number of processor cycles, wherein the security event reaction comprises routing suspicious data traffic to the first virtual machine and routing non-suspicious data traffic to the duplicate third virtual machine.