Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 07/18/2025

ARM64 Windows Payload This latest metasploit-framework release marks a significant milestone, introducing the inaugural payload specifically designed for Windows ARM64 architecture: windows/aarch64/exec. This addition greatly expands the framework's capabilities, enabling penetration testers and...

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile exploit chain exploited in the wild

On May 13, 2025, Ivanti disclosed an exploited in the wild exploit chain, comprising of two new vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile EPMM: CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428. Ivanti EPMM is an enterprise-focused software suite for IT teams to manage mobile devices, applications,...

Introducing Rapid7’s Exposure Assessment Platform Buyer’s Guide

Cybersecurity threats are evolving at an unprecedented pace, making it imperative for organizations to stay ahead of attackers with proactive security measures. To help organizations navigate this rapidly changing threat landscape, we are excited to introduce the Exposure Assessment Platform EAP...

A Rebirth of a Cursed Existence? Examining ‘Babuk Locker 2.0’ Ransomware

Co-authored by Yaniv Allender and Anna Sirokova Introduction Ransomware remains a major threat, causing significant disruption and financial losses to organizations across various sectors. Cybercriminal groups behind these attacks constantly adapt their methods to maximize damage and profit. At...

Rapid7 MDR Supports AWS GuardDuty's New Attack Sequence Alerts

Co-authored by Yaron Kaplan and Gil Shamgar. AWS GuardDuty has introduced two powerful new alerts that enhance its threat detection capabilities: "Potential Credential Compromise" and "Potential S3 Data Compromise." These alerts go beyond traditional threat detection by focusing on attack...

Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Broadcom VMware ESXi and Other Products

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Broadcom published a critical security advisory VMSA-2025-0004 on 3 new zero-day vulnerabilities affecting multiple VMware products, including ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. The most severe of the vulnerabilities is CVE-2025-22224, a critical vulnerability in ESXi and...

The Main Components of an Attack Surface Management (ASM) Strategy

In part one of this blog series, we looked at some of the core challenges that are driving the demand for a new approach to Attack Surface Management. In this second blog I explore some of the key technology approaches to ASM and also some of the core asset types we need to understand. We can bre...

Our 4 Essential Strategy Takeaways from the Gartner® 2024 Report – How to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks

As ransomware threats continue to evolve, security and risk management leaders must stay ahead by adopting comprehensive strategies to protect their organizations. The 2024 Gartner report, “How to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks”, provides critical insights into the latest tactics used by bad acto...

New Research: The Proliferation of Cellular in IoT

Researchers explain the trend and argue for deeper understanding Analysis of Cellular Based Internet of Things IoT Technology is a new whitepaper co-authored by Rapid7 principal security researcher Deral Heiland and Thermo Fisher Scientific lead product security researcher Carlota Bindner. In thi...

Celebrating Excellence: Joanne Guariglia and Kelly Hiscoe Recognized as CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel

We are thrilled to announce that two of our exceptional team members, Joanne Guariglia and Kelly Hiscoe, have been recognized as CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel. This recognition celebrates the achievements and leadership of women within the channel community, and we are incredibly proud to see...

Take Command Summit: Take Breaches from Inevitable to Preventable on May 21

Registration is now open for Take Command, a day-long virtual summit in partnership with AWS. You do not want to miss it. You’ll get new attack intelligence, insight into AI disruption, transparent MDR partnerships, and more. In 2024, adversaries are using AI and new techniques, working in gangs...

PenTales: Testing Security Health for a Healthcare Company

At Rapid7 we love a good pen test story. So often they show the cleverness, skill, resilience, and dedication to our customer’s security that can only come from actively trying to break it! In this series, we’re going to share some of our favorite tales from the pen test desk and hopefully...

Managing Risk Across Hybrid Environments with Executive Risk View

Over the last decade or so, organizations of all shapes and sizes across all industries have been going through a seismic shift in the way they engage with their customers and deliver their solutions to the market. These new delivery models are often underpinned by cloud services, which can chang...

OWASP TOP 10 API Security Risks: 2023!

The OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks 2023 has arrived! OWASP's API Top 10 is always a highly anticipated release and can be a key component of API security preparedness for the year. As we discussed in API Security Best Practices for a Changing Attack Surface, API usage continues to skyrocket. As ...

What Tech Companies Should Look For in Cloud Security

The cloud's computing power and flexibility unlocks unprecedented speed and efficiency—a tech company's two best friends. But with that speed and efficiency comes new environments and touchpoints in an organization's footprint. That expanding attack surface brings along with it an expanding range...

A Customer Success Manager’s Journey to Cybersecurity

Originally planning to pursue a career in sports journalism, Blake Walters joined Rapid7 ready to roll up his sleeves and learn about an entirely new field—cybersecurity. Walters always had an interest in computer engineering. However, he craved the ability to connect with people and build...

Year in Review: Rapid7 Threat Intelligence

In an evolving threat landscape, non-stop alerts and more IOC feeds don’t guarantee better protection. Security teams are overwhelmed and struggle to identify relevant threat information. Thankfully, Threat Command delivers highly contextual alerts and integration across your environment to help...

Powerlifting in the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

All the reasons Is there too much to do with too little talent? If your SOC hasn’t been running smoothly in a while, there’s likely multiple reasons why. As a popular slang phrase goes these days, it’s because of “all the reasons.” Budget, talent churn, addressing alerts all over the place; you...

Rapid7 and HashiCorp Partner to Secure Terraform-based Cloud Infrastructure Deployments

Welcome to the latest installment in our cloud security “shift-left” blog series. In our last post, we covered the importance of integrating cloud infrastructure security assessments into DevOps tools and enabling Infrastructure as Code IaC developers. This time, we’re focusing on Rapid7’s recent...

Common questions when evolving your VM program

Authored by Natalie Hurd Perhaps your organization is in the beginning stages of planning a digital transformation, and it’s time to start considering how the security team will adapt. Or maybe your digital transformation is well underway, and the security team is struggling to keep up with the...

Emerging best practices for securing cloud-native environments

Globally, IT experts recognise security as the most significant barrier to cloud adoption, in part because many of the ways of securing traditional IT environments are not always applicable to cloud-native infrastructure. As a result, security teams may find themselves behind the curve and...

A SIEM With a Pen Tester's Eye: How Offensive Security Helps Shape InsightIDR

To be great at something, you have to be a little obsessed. That's true whether you want to be a chess grandmaster, become an internationally recognized CEO, or build the best cybersecurity platform on the planet. At Rapid7, our laser-focus has always been trained on one thing: helping digital...

The Intelligent Listing: Cybersecurity Job Descriptions That Deliver

Modern job descriptions have quite the reputation for causing reactionary eye-rolling. Why? Because what used to be a couple of paragraphs – about requirements and experience for performing a cybersecurity analyst job – is actually now filled with a laundry list of criteria that make candidates...

How a Principal Engineer Made His Journey to Cloud Security With Rapid7

The first programming language I learned in my childhood was Pascal. I was 12 years old at the time, and I quickly developed a passion for technology. From a young age, I always knew I wanted to learn engineering and computer science. I wanted to solve big design and architecture problems while...

[The Lost Bots] S02E03: Browser-in-Browser Attacks — Don't Get (Cat)-Phished

!\The Lost Bots\ S02E03: Browser-in-Browser Attacks — Don't Get \Cat-Phishedhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/08/The-Lost-Bots-logo-large.png Welcome back to The Lost Bots! In our latest episode, we're talking about phishing attacks — but not your standard run-of-the-mill version...

What It Takes to Securely Scale Cloud Environments at Tech Companies Today

In January 2021, foreign trade marketing platform SocialArks was the target of a massive cyberattack. Security Magazine reported that the rapidly growing startup experienced a breach of over 214 million social media profiles and 400GB of data, exposing users' names, phone numbers, email addresses...

MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK Evaluation: InsightIDR Drives Strong Signal-to-Noise

Rapid7 is very excited to share the results of our participation in MITRE Engenuity’s latest ATT&CK Evaluation, which examines how adversaries abuse data encryption to exploit organizations. With this evaluation, our customers and the broader security community get a deeper understanding of how...

[Security Nation] David Rogers on IoT Security Legislation

!\Security Nation\ David Rogers on IoT Security Legislationhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/03/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with David Rogers, CEO at Copper Horse Ltd., about the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure PST...

8 Tips for Securing Networks When Time Is Scarce

"At this particular mobile army hospital, we're not concerned with the ultimate reconstruction of the patient. We only care about getting the kid out of here alive enough for someone else to put on the fine touches. We work fast and we're not dainty, because a lot of these kids who can stand 2...

New US Law to Require Cyber Incident Reports

The US Congress is poised to pass the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022. Once signed by the President, it will become law. The law will require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report cyber incidents and ransomware payments. The legislation was...

[Security Nation] Amit Serper on Finding Leaks in Autodiscover

!\Security Nation\ Amit Serper on Finding Leaks in Autodiscoverhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/02/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Amit Serper, Director of Security Research at Akamai, on his work uncovering a flaw in the Autodiscover...

The Future of Finserv Security: Cloud Expert and Former CISO Anthony Johnson Weighs In

In today's increasingly mobile, fast-paced world, it's no surprise that financial services finserv organizations have a massive bullseye on their backs. The amount of personal data they access daily makes them an attractive target for those with malicious intent. In fact, the average cost of a da...

Prudent Cybersecurity Preparation for the Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Update Feb 24, 2022: The situation in Ukraine has worsened since this blog post was first published, though our preparation advice remains the same. We will update the Rapid7 blog with a new post as events warrant. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine remain elevated, with a high degree of...

Evaluating MDR Vendors: A Pocket Buyer's Guide

Cyberthreats are now the No. 1 source of stress among CEOs, with 71% of respondents to PwC's 2021 CEO Study reporting they are "extremely concerned" about the issue. At the same time, the cybersecurity skills gap continues to grow, with 95% of security pros saying the shortage of talent in their...

Hacky Holidays: Celebrating the Best of Security Nation [Video]

!Hacky Holidays: Celebrating the Best of Security Nation \Video\https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/12/security-nation-recap-2.jpg Most of us allow ourselves a few extra indulgences around the holidays — so despite my best editorial sensibilities, I'm letting myself indulge here in a...

Congrats to the Winners of the 2021 Metasploit Community CTF

Thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Metasploit community CTF! Like last year, this CTF ran over the past 4 days and invited community members to solve a series of challenges. This year saw 1,501 users registered across 727 teams. If you participated in the CTF, we have a feedback...

The End of the Cybersecurity Skills Crisis (Maybe?)

In just 4 years, you can learn to be fluent in Mandarin. In 2 years, NASA can get you through astronaut training. But the cybersecurity skills gap? It's dire and dead-stuck in its fifth straight year of zero progress. Globally, 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled, and of those candidat...

How Maria Barsallo Lynch Helps Combat the Spread of Misinformation and Disinformation Ahead of the Election

In our most recent episode of Security Nation, we spoke with Maria Barsallo Lynch, Executive Director of the Defending Digital Democracy Project D3P at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, about her work informing election officials of the rise of...

Rapid7 Analysis: Microsoft SharePoint JWT Token Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-55040)

Overview On July 14, 2026, Rapid7 and Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-55040, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint. Today we are publishing a technical analysis of the vulnerability along with an accompanying proof-of-concept PoC script. Figure 1: The Rapid7 Labs PoC...

Weekly Metasploit Update: Modules for Audiobookshelf, LiteLLM, Next.js, Dalfox and more

Help shape the future of Metasploit Framework We are planning future work in relation to the evasion capabilities present in Metasploit Framework, and how they function/are presented to users. We are currently accepting responses to our feedback form, which means that you can shape the future of...

The Dark Side of Efficiency: When Network Controllers Become "God Mode" for Attackers

Imagine you build a massive corporate campus with every security control money can buy. Blast resistant doors. Biometric scanners. Guards at every entrance. Maybe something similar to the infamous Death Star. On paper, it looks fantastic. Then, somewhere along the way, somebody decides the...

Rapid7 Completes BSI C5 Type 2 Examination: Stronger Cloud Security for DACH Organizations

If you're a security leader operating in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, you already know that compliance isn't a checkbox. It's a competitive differentiator. Rapid7 has completed BSI C5 Type 2 attestation for the Rapid7 Command Platform, including Threat Command, and it's a milestone worth...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 03/20/2026

♫ I Just Called ♫ To Say ♫ 7f45 4c46 0201 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0300 3e00 0100♫ This release contains 2 new exploit modules, 2 enhancements, and 7 bug fixes. Community contributor Chocapikk submitted both exploit modules this release: one targeting AVideo-Encoder’s getImage.php file and anothe...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 03/13/2026

No bad luck here: Friday the 13th brings new modules and a Metasploit Pro milestone This week’s Metasploit Framework release delivers three new modules across reconnaissance, evasion, and exploitation: LeakIX-powered discovery for exposed services and leaked data, a Linux x64 RC4 payload packer f...

Rapid7 Detection Coverage for Iran-Linked Cyber Activity

The tension arising out of the conflict in Iran is beginning to show signs of expanding beyond a strictly regional crisis. Following our recent published advisories, this communication is intended to outline and summarize the detection and enrichment coverage available to Rapid7 customers, broadl...

New Report: The Digital Footprints of Many Executives Can Leave Their Companies Seriously Exposed

Senior leaders are visible by design. They speak at events, post on LinkedIn, sit on boards, and sign public filings. That visibility builds brands and drives growth. It also creates risk. In our latest Rapid7 Labs report, Executives’ Digital Footprints: The Overlooked Corporate Vulnerability , w...

Patch Tuesday and the Enduring Challenge of Windows’ Backwards Compatibility

Introduction If you received an email with the subject “I LOVE YOU” and an attachment called “LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT”, would you open it? Probably not, but back in the year 2000, plenty of people did exactly that. The internet learned a hard lesson about the disproportionate power available to a...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 11/07/2025

New module content 3 Centreon authenticated command injection leading to RCE via broker engine "reload" parameter Author: h00die-gr3y [email protected] Type: Exploit Pull request: 20672 contributed by h00die-gr3y Path: linux/http/centreonauthrcecve20255946 AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-5946...

Salt Typhoon APT Group: What Public Sector Leaders and Defenders Should Know

The Rapid7 Threat Focus: Salt Typhoon report profiles one of the most sophisticated and persistent state-sponsored threat actors operating today. Salt Typhoon, a Chinese espionage advanced persistent threat APT group linked to the Ministry of State Security MSS, has spent years infiltrating globa...

Key Emerging Cybersecurity Threats and Challenges for 2025 and Beyond

The global threat landscape is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Organizations are facing dizzying levels of complexity, driven by rapid technological innovation, the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, and the expected disruptive effects of quantum computing. At the same...