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Cybercriminals Selling Access to Compromised Networks: 3 Surprising Research Findings
Cybercriminals are innovative, always finding ways to adapt to new circumstances and opportunities. The proof of this can be seen in the rise of a certain variety of activity on the dark web: the sale of access to compromised networks. This type of dark web activity has existed for decades, but i...
A step closer to stronger federal IoT security
On Tuesday September 15th, the US House unanimously passed the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act H.R. 1668. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Kelly and Hurd, would require federal procurement and use of IoT devices to conform to basic security requirements. The version passed by the House makes severa...
Rapid7 Analysis: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (CVE-2026-63520)
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CVE-2026-63520: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (FIXED)
Overview Rapid7 Labs conducted a zero-day research project against Microsoft SharePoint, resulting in the discovery of two new vulnerabilities that, when chained together, achieve unauthenticated remote code execution RCE against a vulnerable SharePoint server. Today, both Rapid7 and Microsoft ar...
CVE-2026-63030: wp2shell a Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in WordPress Core
Overview On July 17, 2026, a GitHub Security Advisory was published for CVE-2026-63030, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting WordPress Core. While the official GitHub security advisory classifies the severity as Critical, the vulnerability has currently been...
Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/08/2026
Spring cleanup This week’s Metasploit updates focused on foundational improvements and expanded target reach. Key enhancements were made to the recently released Copy Fail exploit module, which now benefits from payload fixes in linux/x64/exec and linux/armle/exec. These changes expand its...
CVE-2026-33032: Nginx UI Missing MCP Authentication
Overview On March 30, 2026, a security advisory was published for a critical vulnerability affecting Nginx UI. Nginx UI is an open-source web interface to centralize the management of Nginx configurations and SSL certificates. The critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-33032, was reported in early Marc...
The Attack Cycle is Accelerating: Announcing the Rapid7 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report
The predictive window has collapsed. In 2025, high-impact vulnerabilities weren’t quietly accumulating risk. They were operationalized, and often within days. Today, Rapid7 Labs released the 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report, an in-depth analysis of how attacker behavior is evolving across...
CVE-2026-2329: Critical Unauthenticated Stack Buffer Overflow in Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP Phones (FIXED)
Overview Rapid7 Labs conducted a zero-day research project against the Grandstream GXP1600 series of Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP phones. This research resulted in the discovery of a critical unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, CVE-2026-2329. A remote attacker can...
Independent Results Confirm Rapid7’s NGAV Delivers Strong, Reliable Protection
At Rapid7, we measure success by how well we protect our customers in the real world. That’s why independent testing like the AV-Comparatives Business Security Test matters. It’s a trusted benchmark for how endpoint security products perform against today’s constantly evolving threats, and how th...
The Business of Cybercrime: Raj Samani on Access, Ransomware, and What Comes Next
Cybercrime is no longer chaotic, it’s commercial. That’s the central theme of Episode 3 in our Experts on Experts: Commanding Perspectives series, where Craig Adams sits down with Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7, for a wide-ranging, no-nonsense conversation on today’s threat economy. They...
Metasploit Wrap-Up 09/26/2025
New module content 2 Cron Persistence Author: h00die [email protected] Type: Exploit Pull request: 20508 contributed by h00die Path: multi/persistence/cron Description: Update cron persistence to use the new mixin. FreePBX ajax.php authenticated SQLi to RCE Authors: EchoSlow, Piotr...
Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 09/05/2025
Persistence Improvements and Exploits This week, the Metasploit team and the community has made improvements to some persistence modules such as Bash, which improves how they function behind the scenes. They have also been tagged with MITRE ATT&CK techniques. A new exploit has also been added thi...
Patch Tuesday - July 2025
Microsoft is addressing 137 vulnerabilities this July 2025 Patch Tuesday, which is above average. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure for just one of the vulnerabilities published today, and Microsoft isn’t aware of in-the-wild exploitation for any of today’s batch. This is the tenth...
Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 02/21/2025
BeyondTrust exploit + fetch payload updates This Metasploit release includes an exploit module that chains two vulnerabilities, one exploited in the wild by APT groups and another one, a 0-day discovered by Rapid7 during the vulnerability analysis. This week's release also includes a significant...
Mind the Gap: How Surface Command Tackles Asset Visibility in Attack Surface Management
“Only 17% of organizations can clearly identify and inventory a majority 95% or more of their assets.” - Gartner Imagine the scenario: your organization has been exposed to a new zero-day vulnerability. You are responsible for Threat & Vulnerability Management TVM, you have asked your IT departme...
Rapid7 completes IRAP PROTECTED assessment for Insight Platform solutions
Exciting news from Australia! Rapid7 has successfully completed an Information Security Registered Assessors Program IRAP assessment to PROTECTED Level for several of our Insight Platform solutions. What is IRAP? An IRAP assessment is an independent assessment of the implementation,...
Malvertising Campaign Leads to Execution of Oyster Backdoor
The following analysts contributed to this blog: Thomas Elkins, Daniel Thiede, Josh Lockwood, Tyler McGraw, and Sasha Kovalev. Executive Summary Rapid7 has observed a recent malvertising campaign that lures users into downloading malicious installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and...
Privacy, Security, and Connected Devices: Key Takeaways From CES 2024
The topic of data privacy has become so relevant in our age of smart technology. With everything becoming connected, including our homes, workplaces, cities, and even our cars, those who develop this technology are obligated to identify consumers' expectations for privacy and then find the best...
Updates to Layered Context Enable Teams to Quickly Understand Which Risk Signals Are Most Pressing
Layered Context introduced a consolidated view of all security risks insightCloudSec collects from the various layers of a cloud environment. This enabled our customers to go from visibility into individual security risks on a resource, to understanding all of the risks that impacted that resourc...
Alerting Rules!: InsightIDR Raises the Bar for Visibility and Coverage
By George Schneider, Information Security Manager at Listrak I've worked in cybersecurity for over two decades, so I've seen plenty of platforms come and go—some even crash and burn. But Rapid7, specifically InsightIDR, has consistently performed above expectations. In fact, InsightIDR has become...
The Japanese Threat Landscape: A Report on Cyber Threats in the Third Largest Economy on Earth
The Japanese economy is massive, global, and varied. It is also a major target for cyber threat actors. As a hub for automotive, manufacturing, technology, and financial services, Japanese companies and organizations face significant cyber risk. There is nonetheless relatively little...
Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management 101
Understanding CAASM This article was written by Ethan Smart, Co-Founder and Chief Solution Architect, appNovi a Rapid7 integration partner. It's essential for security and IT teams to have a comprehensive view and control of their cyber assets. This is why Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management...
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 ...
Three Takeaways from the Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response Services
Not all MDR services are created equal, and in order for organizations to find the right partner for their managed detection and response needs, Gartner® has published a Market Guide report offering key insights for businesses of all sizes. At Rapid7, we are proud to offer this complimentary repo...
Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up
The tide rolls in and out. The flood of new modules last week crested leaving ample time for documentation updates this week. The team and the community seem to have focused on getting those sweet sprinkles of information that help everyone understand Metasploit out to the world. Enhancements and...
Velociraptor Version 0.6.8 Available Now
A New Client-Server Communication Protocol, VFS GUI, and More Performance Upgrades Make This The Fastest and Most Scalable Velociraptor Yet Rapid7 is excited to announce the release of version 0.6.8 of Velociraptor—an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response DFIR tool that...
Executive Webinar: Confronting Security Fears to Control Cyber Risk, Part Three
In the final installment of our webinar “Confronting Security Fears to Control Cyber Risk,” Jason Hart, Rapid7’s Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, discusses how adopting a cyber target operating model can eliminate cybersecurity silos and increase the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program. If...
3 Ways to Apply a Risk-Based Approach to Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response: Gartner® Report
In an ongoing effort to help security organizations gain greater visibility into risk, we’re pleased to offer this complimentary Gartner® report, 3 Ways to Apply a Risk-Based Approach to Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response. This insightful research can help a security organization reali...
Tis the Season to Be Wary: Three Holiday Shopping Scams To Watch For
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, scammers nipping at your bank account… that might not be the carol you were expecting, but unfortunately it’s the frosty truth. Most everyone has tons of shopping to do in preparation for holidays, whether they’re buying gifts, decorations, or tickets to visit...
2023 Cybersecurity Industry Predictions
With 2022 rapidly coming to a close, this is the time of year where it makes sense to take a step back and look at the year in cybersecurity, and make a few critical predictions for what the industry could face in the year ahead. In order to give the security community some insight into where we’...
Leaked Android Platform Certificates Create Risks for Users
On November 30, 2022, a Google apvi report from Łukasz Siewierski initially filed on November 11, 2022 was made public. The report contained 10 different platform certificates and malware sample SHA256 sums where the malware sample had been signed by a platform certificate — the application signi...
How to Develop a SOAR Workflow to Automate a Critical Daily Task
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 as well as investing your time and budget into making a new securit...
5 Things Rapid7 Looks for in a BDR, and How We Spot Them
Every successful organization has a great salesforce. At Rapid7, the Business Development Representative BDR Program is a huge source of talent for our sales organization. Some of our most successful salespeople come from the program. So, what is it? The BDR Program at Rapid7 is an entry-level...
Collaboration Drives Secure Cloud Innovation: Insights From AWS re:Inforce
This year's AWS re:Inforce conference brought together a wide range of organizations that are shaping the future of the cloud. Last week in Boston, cloud service providers CSPs, security vendors, and other leading organizations gathered to discuss how we can go about building cloud environments...
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...
API Security: Best Practices for a Changing Attack Surface
API usage is skyrocketing. According to the latest State of the API Report, API requests increased by 56% last year to a total of 855 million, and Google says the growth isn’t expected to slow any time soon. APIs – short for application programming interfaces – are a critical component of how...
[VIDEO] An Inside Look at the RSA 2022 Experience From the Rapid7 Team
!\VIDEO\ An Inside Look at the RSA 2022 Experience From the Rapid7 Teamhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/06/RSAC-2022-experience.jpg The two years since the last RSA Conference have been pretty uneventful. Sure, COVID-19 sent us all to work from home for a little while, but it's not as...
Demystifying XDR: The Time for Implementation Is Now
In previous installments of our conversation with Forrester Analyst Allie Mellen on all things extended detection and response XDR, she helped us understand not only the foundations of the product category and its relationship with security information and event management SIEM, but also the role...
This CISO Isn’t Real, But His Problems Sure Are
In 2021, data breaches soared past 2020 levels. This year, it’s expected to be worse. The odds are stacked against this poor guy and you now – but a unified extended detection and response XDR and SIEM restacks them in your favor. Take a few minutes to check out this CISO’s day, and you’ll see ho...
The Big Target on Cyber Insurers' Backs
Here at IntSights, a Rapid7 company, our goal is to equip organizations around the world with an understanding of the threats facing them in today's cyber threat landscape. Most recently, we took a focused look at the insurance industry — a highly targeted vertical due to the amount of personally...
Velociraptor Version 0.6.3: Dig Deeper With More Speed and Scalability
Rapid7 is very excited to announce the latest Velociraptor release 0.6.3. This release has been in the making for a few months now and has several exciting new features. Scalability and speed have been the main focus of development since our previous release. Working with some of our larger...
Is the Internet of Things the Next Ransomware Target?
Ransomware attacks over the last couple years have been traumatic, impacting nearly every business sector and costing billions of dollars. The targets have mostly been our data: steal it, encrypt it, and then charge us a fee to get it back. Over the last several years, there's been concern across...
Thawing Out the Chilling Effect Of DMCA Section 1201
The Copyright Office has issued the latest rules on exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA. Great news: Legal protections for independent security research have once again been meaningfully strengthened. On the whole, these protections are now significantly greate...
tCell by Rapid7 Supports the Newly Released .NET 6.0
We’re excited to share that we've coordinated our recent .NET and .NET Core agent releases with the brand new .NET 6.0 release from Microsoft. What is tCell? Since the founding of tCell by Rapid7, our web application and API protection solution, we’ve prided ourselves on providing both breadth an...
4 Simple Steps for an Effective Threat Intelligence Program
Threat intelligence is a critical part of an organization's cybersecurity strategy, but given how quickly the state of cybersecurity evolves, is the traditional model still relevant? Whether you're a cybersecurity expert or someone who's looking to build a threat intelligence program from the...
To the Left: Your Guide to Infrastructure as Code for Shifting Left
It's the cloud's world now, and we're all just living in it. The mass migration of organizational infrastructure to the cloud isn't slowing down any time soon — and really, why would it? Cloud computing has allowed developers to move at vastly greater speeds than ever before. And this in turn let...
The Ransomware Killchain: How It Works, and How to Protect Your Systems
Much ado has been made by this very author on this very blog! about the incentives for attackers and defenders around ransomware. There is also a wealth of information on the internet about how to protect yourself from ransomware. One thing we want to avoid losing sight of, however, is just how w...
Why Joining Rapid7 Was the Best Decision for These Sales Professionals, Even During a Pandemic
As any job seeker knows, a lot of thought goes into accepting a new role at a new company — even more so during a pandemic. For sales professionals, this decision includes considering company growth and trajectory, industry leadership, and company culture, all of which had the potential of being...
Patch Tuesday - September 2026
Microsoft is publishing 974 own-product vulnerabilities on September 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 723 vulnerabilities in Windows. Along with Microsoft fixes for 25 non-Microsoft CVEs, that brings the total number of vulnerabilities on the table today to 999. Whether this is the biggest Patch...