CISA Warns of Atlassian Confluence Hard-Coded Credential Bug Exploited in Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA on Friday added the recently disclosed Atlassian security flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-26138, concerns the use of hard-coded...

[VIDEO] An Inside Look at AWS re:Inforce 2022 From the Rapid7 Team

!\VIDEO\ An Inside Look at AWS re:Inforce 2022 From the Rapid7 Teamhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/07/aws-experience-video.jpg The summer of conferences rolls on for the cybersecurity and tech community — and for us, the excitement of being able to gather in person after two-plus year...

Active Exploitation of Atlassian’s Questions for Confluence App CVE-2022-26138

Exploitation is underway for one of the trio of critical Atlassian vulnerabilities that were published last week affecting several the company’s on-premises products. Atlassian has been a focus for attackers, as it was less than two months ago that we observed exploitation of CVE-2022-26134 in...

Rapid7 at AWS re:Inforce: 2 Big Announcements

This year's AWS re:Inforce conference in Boston has been jam-packed with thrilling speakers, deep insights on all things cloud, and some much-needed in-person collaboration from all walks of the technology community. It also coincides with some exciting announcements from AWS — and we're honored ...

ISO 27002 Emphasizes Need For Threat Intelligence

With employees reluctant to return to the office following the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of a well-defined network perimeter has become a thing of the past for many organizations. Attack surfaces continue to expand, and as a result, threat intelligence has taken on even greater importance...

What We’re Looking Forward to at AWS re:Inforce

AWS re:Inforce 2022 starts tomorrow — Tuesday, July 26th — and we couldn't be more excited to gather with the tech, cloud, and security communities in our home city of Boston. Here's a sneak peek of the highlights to come at re:Inforce and what we're looking forward to the most this Tuesday and...

Deploying a SOAR Tool Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: I’ve Done It Twice

As the senior information security engineer at Brooks, an international running shoe and apparel company, I can appreciate the challenge of launching a security orchestration, automation, and response SOAR tool for the first time. I’ve done it at two different companies, so I’ll share some lesson...

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (More Data): What Security Pros Are Saying

Eight in 10 organizations collect, process, and analyze security operations data from more than 10 sources, ESG identified in a new ebook SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR, sponsored by Rapid7. Security professionals believe that the most important sources are endpoint security data 24%, thre...

CVE-2022-30526 (Fixed): Zyxel Firewall Local Privilege Escalation

Rapid7 discovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Zyxel firewalls. The vulnerability allows a low privileged user, such as nobody, to escalate to root on affected firewalls. To exploit this vulnerability, a remote attacker must first establish shell access on the firewall, fo...

Deploy tCell More Easily With the New AWS AMI Agent

Rapid7's tCell is a powerful tool that allows you to monitor risk and protect web applications and APIs in real time. Great! It's a fundamental part of our push to make web application security as strong and comprehensive as it needs to be in an age when web application attacks account for roughl...

Creating an Exceptional Workplace: Building and Expansion in a Post-COVID World

Since its launch in 2011, Rapid7 UK has been on a mission to build a strong footprint in the region. Today, the company is celebrating the opening of its newly expanded and designed Reading office, located in the Thames Valley District at Forbury Place. This new location was selected to reflect...

The Forecast Is Flipped: Flipping L&D to Ensure Continuous Growth

At Rapid7, we staunchly believe that our people are central to upholding our mission and embodying our core values to ultimately drive our customers into a more secure future. For this reason, Rapid7 works tediously to ensure that our Moose have ample opportunities to learn and grow in their...

Rapid7 Belfast Recognized for “Company Connection” During COVID-19 Pandemic

Irish News has recognized Rapid7 in its Workplace and Employment Awards, where we’ve taken home the trophy for Best Company Connection. Reflecting on the past two years, this award recognizes the organization that best demonstrates how it has adapted its workplace well-being strategy to the...

[The Lost Bots] Season 2, Episode 1: SIEM Deployment in 10 Minutes

!\The Lost Bots\ Season 2, Episode 1: SIEM Deployment in 10 Minuteshttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/06/The-Lost-Bots-logo-large.png Welcome back to The Lost Bots! In the first installment of Season 2, Rapid7 Detection and Response D&R Practice Advisor Jeffrey Gardner and his new co-hos...

Velociraptor Version 0.6.5: Table Transformations, Multi-Lingual Support, and Better VQL Error-Handling Let You Dig Deeper Than Ever

Rapid7 is pleased to announce the release of Velociraptor version 0.6.5 – an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response DFIR tool that enhances visibility into your organization’s endpoints. This release has been in development and testing for several months now, and we are...

CVE-2022-31749: WatchGuard Authenticated Arbitrary File Read/Write (Fixed)

A remote and low-privileged WatchGuard Firebox or XTM user can read arbitrary system files when using the SSH interface due to an argument injection vulnerability affecting the diagnose command. Additionally, a remote and highly privileged user can write arbitrary system files when using the SSH...

Two Rapid7 Solutions Take Top Honors at SC Awards Europe

LONDON—We are pleased to announce that two Rapid7 solutions were recognized on Tuesday, June 21, at the prestigious SC Awards Europe, which were presented at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square. InsightIDR took the top spot in the Best SIEM Solution category, and Threat Command brought home the...

Rapid7 MDR Delivered 549% ROI via Headcount Avoidance, Time Savings, and Breach Risk Reduction

In-house security organizations these days are operating at an extreme deficit. Skeleton crews are running entire security operations centers SOCs. A constant barrage of alerts is making it difficult for these teams to detect and investigate every alert and stay ahead of today’s evolving threats...

CVE-2022-27511: Citrix ADM Remote Device Takeover

On Monday, June 14, 2022, Citrix published an advisory on CVE-2022-27511, a critical improper access control vulnerability affecting their Application Delivery Management ADM product. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage CVE-2022-27511 to reset administrator credentials to the default...

confluencePot - Simple Honeypot For Atlassian Confluence (CVE-2022-26134)

ConfluencePot is a simple honeypot for the Atlassian Confluence unauthenticated and remote OGNL injection vulnerability CVE-2022-26134. About the vulnerability You can find the official advisory by Atlassian to this vulerability here. For details about the inner workings and exploits in the wild...