Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 09/06/2024

Honey, I shrunk the PHP payloads This release contains more PHP payload improvements from Julien Voisin. Last week we landed a PR from Julien that added a datastore option to the php/base64 encoder that when enabled, will use zlib to compress the payload which significantly reduced the size,...

CVE-2024-45195: Apache OFBiz Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Fixed)

Apache OFBiz below 18.12.16 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux and Windows. An attacker with no valid credentials can exploit missing view authorization checks in the web application to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation is facilitated by bypassing...

CVE-2024-45195: Apache OFBiz Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Fixed)

Apache OFBiz below 18.12.16 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux and Windows. An attacker with no valid credentials can exploit missing view authorization checks in the web application to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation is facilitated by bypassing...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/30/2024

A New Way to Encode PHP Payloads A new PHP encoder has been released by a community contributor, jvoisin, allowing a PHP payload to be encoded as an ASCII-Hex string. This can then be decoded on the receiver to prevent issues with unescaped or bad characters. Ray Vulnerabilities This release of...

Command with Confidence: Insights from Andrew Bustamante

At the recent Take Command Summit, former CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran Andrew Bustamante shared valuable tools, tactics, and techniques from elite intelligence agencies with Rapid7’s Americas Field CTO Jeffrey Gardner in an informal chat. His session, "Command with...

Assessing Container Images Across Private Registries with InsightCloudSec

In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development and deployment, containerization has emerged as a game-changing technology and a de-facto foundation for the majority of modern applications. Containers allow developers to package applications and their dependencies into a single, portabl...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/23/2024

New module content 3 Fortra FileCatalyst Workflow SQL Injection CVE-2024-5276 Authors: Michael Heinzl and Tenable Type: Auxiliary Pull request: 19373 contributed by h4x-x0r Path: admin/http/fortrafilecatalystworkflowsqli AttackerKB reference: CVE-2024-5276 Description: This adds an auxiliary modu...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Navigating New SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules

Understanding and complying with the new SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules is a daunting task for many organizations. The Rapid7 Take Command Summit provided an in-depth look at these regulations, offering valuable guidance for cybersecurity professionals. Here are three key takeaways from the...

Preparing for Unknown Risks: How to Better Prepare for Risks You Can't See Yet

As security professionals we’re used to dealing with unknowns and unpredictability. We understand that it's impossible to always know what's around the corner. It's not just about external threats and the big breaches splashed across the news headlines. On one hand, we’re combating threat actors...

Selling Ransomware Breaches: 4 Trends Spotted on the RAMP Forum

The sale and purchase of unauthorized access to compromised enterprise networks has become a linchpin for cybercriminal operations, particularly in facilitating ransomware attacks. Underground forums are sharing guidelines on breaching networks and selling the access they obtain, leaving the...

5 Key Insights from the Gartner® Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

As the cloud landscape continues to evolve, organizations face the growing challenge of securing their cloud-native applications. We feel the 2024 Gartner Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms CNAPP provides invaluable insights into the latest trends and technologies that...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/16/2024

New module content 3 Apache HugeGraph Gremlin RCE Authors: 6right and jheysel-r7 Type: Exploit Pull request: 19348 contributed by jheysel-r7 Path: linux/http/apachehugegraphgremlinrce AttackerKB reference: CVE-2024-27348 Description: Adds an Apache HugeGraph Server exploit for GHSA-29rc-vq7f-x335...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture

Building a resilient cybersecurity culture is crucial in today's digital landscape. The recent Rapid7 Take Command Summit session titled "Commander in Chief: Enhancing Cybersecurity Culture" offered valuable insights into fostering a strong security mindset within organizations. Here are three ke...

Brandon Adkins’ Career Journey - Taking Chances and Tackling New Challenges

Brandon Adkins is the Manager of our Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering TIDE team. His career journey spans a variety of roles and teams where he has been able to showcase his technical skills in security. Since joining Rapid7, he’s had experience as a Penetration Testing Consultant,...

Black Hat USA 2024: Key Takeaways and Industry Trends

What a week! As Hacker Summer camp shifts into the rearview, it’s time to take a moment to reflect on the week, what we learned and the people we had the pleasure of meeting while out in Las Vegas. As is always the case at Black Hat 2024, the cybersecurity community was buzzing with the latest...

Patch Tuesday - August 2024

Microsoft is addressing 88 vulnerabilities this August 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for ten of the vulnerabilities published today, which is significantly more than usual. At time of writing, all six of the known-exploited...

Patch Tuesday - August 2024

Microsoft is addressing 88 vulnerabilities this August 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for ten of the vulnerabilities published today, which is significantly more than usual. At time of writing, all six of the known-exploited...

Ongoing Social Engineering Campaign Refreshes Payloads

Executive Summary On June 20, 2024, Rapid7 identified multiple intrusion attempts by threat actors utilizing techniques, tactics, and procedures TTPs that are consistent with an ongoing social engineering campaign being tracked by Rapid7. Rapid7 observed a meaningful shift in the tools used by th...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/09/2024

Black Hat & DEF CON Hopefully folks were able to catch our Rapid7 researchers @zeroSteiner & Jack Heysel show off the Metasploit 6.4's features, focusing on combinations that allow for new, streamlined attack workflows at Black Hat. If not they will also be demoing at DEF CON tomorrow in room W30...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Unlocking Security Success

As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, so must our defenses. The recent Rapid7 Take Command Summit provided invaluable insights into preparing for, responding to, and recovering from ransomware attacks. Here are three essential takeaways from the session, "Before, During, & After Ransomware...

Illuminating the Shadows: Managing the Risks of Shadow AI in Modern Enterprises

Understanding the challenge of Shadow AI Shadow AI – a dramatic term for a new problem. With the rise of widely available consumer level AI services with easy-to-use chat interfaces, anyone from the summer intern to the CEO can easily use these shiny and new AI products. However, anyone who’s eve...

Keys to the Kingdom - Gaining access to the Physical Facility through Internal Access

This is a story of network segmentation and the impact that seemingly trivial misconfigurations can have for your organization. This is one of those occasions. This particular pen test asked for goals-based assessment focusing on post-compromise activities — an attempt by the client to discover h...

Details Matter: Pentesting a single device to guarantee security

Rapid7’s penetration testing services regularly assess internal networks of various sizes. For this particular engagement, however, Rapid7 was tasked with performing a penetration test of just one device on an internal network. The device was being piloted for future deployment and the customer h...

Rapid7’s Ransomware Radar Report Shows Threat Actors are Evolving …Fast.

Few issues keep cybersecurity professionals up at night more than the threat of ransomware. The ubiquity of targets, the relative organization of threat actors, and their multiple paths of entry make combating ransomware particularly formidable. But there is one more facet to this threat that mak...

Introducing the Rapid7 Command Platform

Integrated Security Operations for the Next-Generation Attack Surface As cybercrime and attack surfaces have sprawled, Rapid7 has been able to grow with our customers because we are relentlessly focused on relevance. The way we see it, relevance doesn’t mean aligning to market definitions of...

Rapid7 Introduces Exposure Command to Eliminate the Security Visibility Gap

Exposure Command provides 360-degree visibility and enables security teams to pinpoint and extinguish your most critical risks. Security and IT teams are experiencing a significant shift in operations as they become more distributed. Development and procurement processes have decentralized, and...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/02/2024

Metasploit goes to Hacker Summer Camp Next week, Metasploit will have demos at both Black Hat and DEF CON where the latest functionality from this year will be presented. The Black Hat demo will be on Thursday the 8th from 10:10 to 11:25 and the DEF CON demo will be on Saturday the 10th from 12:0...

New Cloud Risk Dashboard: Identifying Toxic Combinations to Drive Faster Remediation

Co-authored by Andrea Ruddy Risks identified within a cloud environment compound to represent a real threat of exploitation. Our cloud risk scoring, introduced recently to insightCloudSec, focuses on these toxic combinations. Toxic combinations are attractive for bad actors who can target multipl...

Celebrating Excellence: Rapid7 Recognized in Newsweek's Greatest Workplaces in America 2024

In a testament to its commitment to fostering an exceptional workplace environment, Rapid7 is proud to be included in Newsweek's Greatest Workplaces in America for 2024. This recognition not only underscores Rapid7's dedication to its people, but also cements its standing among companies that...

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...

VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 Targeted in Ransomware Campaigns

On Monday, July 29, Microsoft published an extensive threat intelligence blog on observed exploitation of CVE-2024-37085, an Active Directory integration authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware ESXi hypervisors. The vulnerability, according to Redmond, was identified in...

VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 Targeted in Ransomware Campaigns

On Monday, July 29, Microsoft published an extensive threat intelligence blog on observed exploitation of CVE-2024-37085, an Active Directory integration authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Broadcom VMware ESXi hypervisors. The vulnerability, according to Redmond, was identified in...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Building Resilient Cyber Defenses Through AI

One of the most talked-about sessions at the Take Command 2024 Cybersecurity Virtual Summit,"Control the Chaos: Building Resilient Cyber Defenses Through AI," featured experts from AWS and Rapid7 exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity and sharing practical guidance on...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 07/26/2024

New module content 3 Magento XXE Unserialize Arbitrary File Read Authors: Heyder and Sergey Temnikov Type: Auxiliary Pull request: 19304 contributed by heyder Path: gather/magentoxxecve202434102 AttackerKB reference: CVE-2024-34102 Description: This adds an auxiliary module for an XXE which resul...

Key Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Command Your Cloud

The Cloud security landscape is constantly changing. During the "Command Your Cloud" session at the Rapid7 Take Command Summit, industry experts Ryan Blanchard, Jeffrey Gardner and Devin Krugly shared vital strategies for staying ahead of that constant change. Effective cloud security requires a...

CVE-2024-6922: Automation Anywhere Automation 360 Server-Side Request Forgery

Automation 360 Robotic Process Automation suite v21-v32 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF. SSRF occurs when the server can be induced to perform arbitrary requests on behalf of an attacker. An attacker with unauthenticated access to the Automation 360 Control Room...

CVE-2024-6922: Automation Anywhere Automation 360 Server-Side Request Forgery

Automation 360 Robotic Process Automation suite v21-v32 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF. SSRF occurs when the server can be induced to perform arbitrary requests on behalf of an attacker. An attacker with unauthenticated access to the Automation 360 Control Room...

From Top Dogs to Unified Pack

Embracing a consolidated security ecosystem Cybersecurity is as unpredictable as it is rewarding. Each day often presents a new set of challenges and responsibilities, particularly as organizations accelerate digital transformation efforts. This means you and your cyber team may find yourselves...

Buying Stuff For Free From Shopping Websites

Rapid7 is often tasked with evaluating the security of e-commerce sites. When dealing directly with customer financials, the security of these transactions is a top concern. Fortunately, there are ample pre-built e-commerce platforms one can simply purchase or install. From an attacker’s...

Malware Campaign Lures Users With Fake W2 Form

The following analysts contributed to the research: Evan McCann, Matt Smith, Ipek Solak, Jake McMahon Rapid7 has recently observed an campaign targeting users searching for W2 forms using the Microsoft search engine Bing. Users are subsequently directed to a fake IRS website, enticing them to...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 7/19/2024

GeoServer Unauthenticated RCE This week, contributor h00die-gr3y added an interesting exploit module that targets the GeoServer open-source application. This software is used to view, edit, and share geospatial data. Versions prior to 2.23.6, versions between 2.24.0 and 2.24.3 and versions betwee...

Unveiling Key Insights from the 2024 Take Command Summit

The 2024 Take Command Summit, held virtually in partnership with AWS, united over 2,000 security professionals to delve into critical cybersecurity issues. Our infographic captures the essence of the summit, showcasing expert insights from 10 sessions on topics like new attack intelligence, AI...

Defending Against APTs: A Learning Exercise with Kimsuky

The “evolving threat landscape” is a term we often hear within webinars and presentations taking place across the cybersecurity industry. Such a catch-all term is intended to capture the litany of threat groups and their evolving tactics, but in many ways it fails to truly acknowledge the growth ...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 07/12/2024

The Usual Suspects This release features two new exploits targeting old friends: Confluence and Ivanti. CVE-2024-21683 is a very easy vulnerability to exploit, but as pointed out in the AttackerKB Review, it requires authentication as a ‘Confluence Administrator.’ On the other hand, CVE-2024-2982...

What’s New in Rapid7 Products & Services: Q2 2024 in Review

This quarter we continued to make investments that provide security professionals with a holistic, actionable view of their entire attack surface. In Q2, we focused on enhancing visualization, prioritization, and integration capabilities across our key products and services. Below we’ve highlight...

Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Unlocking ROI in Security

Rapid7 CMO Cindy Stanton hosted a discussions with Cindy Stanton, Byron Anderson, Principal InfoSec Engineer, KinderCare Learning Companies and Gaël Frouin Director IT Security, AAA Northeast to talk strategies for measuring team performance and demonstrating ROI in cybersecurity at Rapid7’s rece...

Patch Tuesday - July 2024

Microsoft is addressing 139 vulnerabilities this July 2024 Patch Tuesday, which is on the high side in terms of typical CVE counts. They’ve also republished details for 4 CVEs issued by other vendors that affect Microsoft products. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for 2 of the...

Patch Tuesday - July 2024

Microsoft is addressing 139 vulnerabilities this July 2024 Patch Tuesday, which is on the high side in terms of typical CVE counts. They’ve also republished details for 4 CVEs issued by other vendors that affect Microsoft products. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for 2 of the...

Boston Business Journal Names Rapid7 as a Best Place to Work in Boston

On June 13th, 2024, Rapid7 was recognized by The Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Boston. This marks the 13th consecutive year Rapid7 has made the list, this time coming in at 8 in the extra large company category. Best Places to Work rankings are based on anonymous employee...

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,...