2021 Cybersecurity Superlatives: An InsightIDR Year in Review

We laughed, we cried, we added over 750 new detections. It's been a rollercoaster of a year for everyone. So let's have some fun with our 2021 year in review — shall we? The last year was an exciting one for InsightIDR, Rapid7's industry-leading extended detection and response XDR and SIEM...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2020-0322)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Measure the effectiveness of your Microsoft security with AttackIQ

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. To improve an organization’s cybersecurity readiness, you need to test that your detection and prevention technologies work as intended and that your security program is performing a...

WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin <= 1.0.77.32 - Multiple Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

Multiple Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerabilities discovered by Ex.Mi Patchstack in WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin versions = 1.0.77.32. Solution Update the WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin to the latest available version at...

Detect Exploitation Attempts With Qualys XDR (Beta)

The recently announced Log4JShell / CVE-2021-44228 exploit is the latest reminder of why it’s so important to maintain an enterprise-wide view of your security posture. The heart of the exploit centers around misuse of the JNDI lookup function built into log4j. Impact: There are multiple proofs o...

WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin <= 1.0.77.31 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by Tien Nguyen Anh vigov5 in WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin versions = 1.0.77.31. Solution Update the WordPress AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages plugin to the latest available version at least...

VMware Response to Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046)

1. Impacted Products Under Evaluation VMware Horizon VMware vCenter Server VMware HCX VMware NSX-T Data Center VMware Unified Access Gateway VMware WorkspaceOne Access VMware Identity Manager VMware vRealize Operations VMware vRealize Operations Cloud Proxy VMware vRealize Automation VMware...

Building Threat-Informed Defenses: Rapid7 Experts Share Their Thoughts on MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATT&CK is considered by practitioners and the analyst community to be the most comprehensive framework of cybersecurity attacks and mitigation techniques available today. MITRE helps the security industry speak the same language and stick to a well-known, common framework. To get more detai...

Is Apple’s Safari browser the last, best hope for web privacy?

What browser do you use? Theres a good chance—roughly one in seven—that its Google Chrome. And even if you prefer a different browser, theres a good chance that youre using something thats based on Google Chrome, such as Edge, Vivaldi, Chromium, Brave, or Opera. After a decade and and a half of...

What's New in InsightIDR: Q3 2021 in Review

This post offers a closer look at some of the recent updates and releases in InsightIDR, our extended detection and response solution, from Q3 2021. Welcome IntSights to the Rapid7 Insight Platform family! As you may have seen in recent communications, Rapid7 acquired IntSights, a leading provide...

Red Hat 3scale 安全漏洞

Red Hat 3scale is a suite of API Application Programming Interface lifecycle management software from Red Hat. A security vulnerability exists in the Red Hat 3scale amp-system. No information is available at this time about this vulnerability, so please stay tuned to CNNVD or the vendor's...

WordPress AMP extensions plugin <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability discovered by iohex and WPScanTeam in WordPress AMP extensions plugin versions = 1.1. Solution 2021-08-25 - no patched version is available. Deactivate and delete...

capa 2.0: Better, Stronger, Faster

We are excited to announce version 2.0 of our open-source tool called capa. capa automatically identifies capabilities in programs using an extensible rule set. The tool supports both malware triage and deep dive reverse engineering. If you haven’t heard of capa before, or need a refresher, check...

WordPress PWA for WP & AMP plugin <= 1.7.32 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability

Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability discovered by Jerome Bruandet in WordPress PWA for WP & AMP plugin versions = 1.7.32. Solution Update the WordPress PWA for WP & AMP plugin to the latest available version at least 1.7.33...

MITRE introduces D3FEND framework

The US National Security Agency NSA has announced it will fund the development of a knowledge base of defensive countermeasures for the most common techniques used by malicious threat actors. The project will be made available through MITRE and will be called D3FEND as it complements MITRE’s...

Attack Surface Analysis Part 3: Red and Purple Teaming

Part 3: Red and Purple Teaming This is the third and final installment in our 2021 series around attack surface analysis. In part 1 I offered a description and the value and challenge of vulnerability assessment. Part 2 explored the why and how of conducting penetration testing and gave some tips...

CVE-2021-1566

A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA and Cisco Web Security Appliance WSA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to intercept traffic between an affected device and the AMP servers...

CVE-2021-1566

CVE-2021-1566 affects Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) due to improper TLS certificate validation in the AMP for Endpoints integration (AsyncOS). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could perform a man-in-the-middle to intercept traffic between the device...

CVE-2021-1566 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Web Security Appliance Certificate Validation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA and Cisco Web Security Appliance WSA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to intercept traffic between an affected device and the AMP servers...

Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Web Security Appliance Certificate Validation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection AMP for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance ESA and Cisco Web Security Appliance WSA could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to intercept traffic between an affected device and the AMP servers...