XSS in JSON: Old-School Attacks for Modern Applications

I recently wrote a blog post on injection-type vulnerabilities and how they were knocked down a few spots from 1 to 3 on the new OWASP Top 10 for 2022. The main focus of that article was to demonstrate how stack traces could be — and still are — used via injection attacks to gather information...

Is Your Kubernetes Cluster Ready for Version 1.24?

Kubernetes rolled out Version 1.24 on May 3, 2022, as its first release of 2022. This version is packed with some notable improvements, as well as new and deprecated features. In this post, we will cover some of the more significant items on the list. The Dockershim removal The new release has...

MDR, MEDR, SOCaaS: Which Is Right for You?

Getting the most from managed services Even if a security team was given a blank check to spend whatever they wanted and hire however they wanted, it would still be a massive effort to build a detection and response D&R program tailored to that organization’s specific needs. Thankfully, the...

Cloud-Native Application Protection (CNAPP): What's Behind the Hype?

There's no shortage of acronyms when it comes to security product categories. DAST, EDR, CWPP — it sometimes feels like we're awash in a sea of letters, and that can be a little dizzying. Every once in a while, though, a new term pops up that cuts through the noise, thanks to a combination of...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Redis Sandbox Escape Our very own Jake Baines wrote a module that performs a sandbox escape on Redis versions between 5.0.0 and 6.1.0 and achieves remote code execution as the redis user. Redis installations can be password protected, so this module supports exploiting the vulnerability with and...

Widespread Exploitation of VMware Workspace ONE Access CVE-2022-22954

On April 6, 2022, VMware published VMSA-2022-0011, which detailed multiple security vulnerabilities. The most severe of these is CVE-2022-22954, a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting VMware’s Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager solutions. The vulnerability arises from a...

[Security Nation] Whitney Merrill on the Crypto & Privacy Village (and the Latest in Data Privacy)

!\Security Nation\ Whitney Merrill on the Crypto & Privacy Village \and the Latest in Data Privacy\https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/04/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Whitney Merrill, Data Protection Officer at Asana, about her work on...

How to Strategically Scale Vendor Management and Supply Chain Security

This post is co-authored by Collin Huber Recent security events — particularly the threat actor activity from the Lapsu$ group, Spring4Shell, and various new supply-chain attacks — have the security community on high alert. Security professionals and network defenders around the world are wonderi...

Velociraptor Version 0.6.4: Dead Disk Forensics and Better Path Handling Let You Dig Deeper

Rapid7 is pleased to announce the release of Velociraptor version 0.6.4 – 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 has a lot o...

Opportunistic Exploitation of WSO2 CVE-2022-29464

On April 18, 2022, MITRE published CVE-2022-29464 , an unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting various WSO2 products. WSO2 followed with a security advisory explaining the vulnerability allowed unauthenticated and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the following products: API...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Authenticated RCE This module is pretty exciting for us because it's for a vulnerability discovered by our very own Rapid7 researchers Jake Baines, Hernan Diaz, Andrew Iwamaye, and Dan Kelly. The vulnerability allowed for attackers to leverage the "custom script"...

Rapid7 Named a Visionary in 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing Second Year in a Row

For the second year in a row, Rapid7 has been named a Visionary in the Gartner® 2022 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing. We believe we accomplished this by combining an industry-leading dynamic application security testing DAST solution with container and cloud security, security...

2022 Cloud Misconfigurations Report: A Quick Look at the Latest Cloud Security Breaches and Attack Trends

Every year, Rapid7's team of cloud security experts and researchers put together a report to review data from publicly disclosed breaches that occurred over the prior year. The goal of this report is to unearth patterns and trends in cloud-related breaches and persistent exposures, so organizatio...

What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q1 2022 in Review

The world of cybersecurity never has a dull moment. While we are still recovering from the aftermath of Log4Shell, the recent ContiLeaks exposed multiple vulnerabilities that have been exploited by the Conti ransomware group. It’s critical for your team to identify the risk posed by such...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Meterpreter Debugging A consistent message Metasploit hears from users is that debugging and general logging support could be improved. The gaps in functionality make it difficult for users to understand what happens when things go wrong and for new and existing developers to fix bugs and add new...

Let's Dance: InsightAppSec and tCell Bring New DevSecOps Improvements in Q1

To the left, to the left, to the right, right — the CI/CD Pipeline is on the move. DevSecOps is all about adding security across the application lifecycle. A popular approach to application security is to shift left, which means moving security earlier in the software development lifecycle SDLC...

InsightCloudSec Supports the Recently Updated NSA/CISA Kubernetes Hardening Guide

The National Security Agency NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA recently updated their Kubernetes Hardening Guide, which was originally published in August 2021. With the help and feedback received from numerous partners in the cybersecurity community, this guide...

CVE-2022-28810: ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Authenticated Command Execution (Fixed)

On April 9, 2022, ManageEngine fixed CVE-2022-28810 with the release of ADSelfService Plus Build 6122. The vulnerability allowed the admin user to execute arbitrary operating system commands and potentially allowed partially authenticated Active Directory users to execute arbitrary operating syst...

[Security Nation] Kate Stewart on Open-Source Projects at the Linux Foundation

!\Security Nation\ Kate Stewart on Open-Source Projects at the Linux Foundationhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/04/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, about the...

Patch Tuesday - April 2022

From Defender to Windows, Office to Azure, this month’s Patch Tuesday has a large swath of Microsoft’s portfolio getting vulnerabilities fixed. 119 CVEs were addressed today, not including the 26 Chromium vulnerabilities that were fixed in the Edge browser. One of these has been observed being...

CVE-2022-24527: Microsoft Connected Cache Local Privilege Escalation (Fixed)

On April 12, 2022, Microsoft published CVE-2022-24527, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Connected Cache. The vulnerability allowed a local low-privileged user to execute arbitrary Powershell as SYSTEM due to improper file permission assignment CWE-732. Product description...

3 Ways InsightIDR Users Are Achieving XDR Outcomes

The buzz around extended detection and response XDR is often framed in the future tense — here's what it will be like when we can start bringing more sources of telemetry into our detections, or what will happen when we can use XDR to really start reducing false positives. But users of InsightIDR...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Windows Local Privilege Escalation for standard users In this week’s release, we have an exciting new module that has been added by our very own Grant Willcox which exploits CVE-2022-26904, and allows for normal users to execute code as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM on Windows machines from Windows 7 up to...

7 Rapid Questions: Meet Adrian Stewart, Aspiring Pilot Turned Product Manager

Welcome back to 7 Rapid Questions, our blog series where we ask passionate leaders at Rapid7 how they’re challenging convention and making an impact. In this installment, we talk to Adrian Stewart, a product manager working on InsightAppSec, Rapid7’s dynamic application security testing DAST tool...

Lessons in IoT Hacking: How to Dead-Bug a BGA Flash Memory Chip

Dead-bugging — what is that, you ask? The concept comes from the idea that a memory chip, once it’s flipped over so you can attach wires to it, looks a little like a dead bug on its back. So why would we do this for the purposes of IoT hacking? The typical reason is if you want to extract the...

The Forecast Is Flipped: Flipping L&D in New Hire Training

Rapid7’s onboarding program, Making the Band, first came to the stage in the fall of 2017 when the original 2-week, video-based program evolved into a dynamic 90-day experience. The updated program delivered learnings to new hires through digital self-paced content and a 2-day live training focus...

MDR Plus Threat Intel: 414 New Detections in 251 Days (You’re Welcome)

Last summer, Rapid7 acquired IntSights and its advanced external threat intelligence solution now Threat Command by Rapid7. Threat Command monitors hundreds of thousands of sources across the clear, deep, and dark web, identifying malicious actors and notifying customers of potential attacks...

What's New in InsightIDR: Q1 2022 in Review

Introducing new InsightIDR capabilities to accelerate your detection and response program When we talk to customers and security professionals about what they need more of in their security operations center SOC, there is one consistent theme: time. InsightIDR — Rapid7's leading cloud SIEM and XD...

Security for All: How the Rapid7 Cybersecurity Foundation Will Expand Access and Inclusion

Rapid7’s mission is to advance cybersecurity for all — and an essential part of that effort is making the field and its best resources easier to access. That’s why we deliver solutions that meet the needs of large enterprises but can also be deployed and operated by more resource-constrained team...

Cloud Pentesting, Pt. 3: The Impact of Ecosystem Maturity

Now that we’ve covered the basics of cloud pentesting and the style in which a cloud environment could be attacked, let’s turn our attention to the entirety of this ecosystem. This environment isn’t too different from the on-premise ecosystem that traditional penetration testing is performed on...

Sharpen Your IR Capabilities With Rapid7’s Detection and Response Workshop

You’re tasked with protecting your environment, and you’ve invested significant time and resources into deploying and configuring your tools — but how do you know if the security controls you’ve put into place are effective? The challenge continues to grow as attacker tactics, techniques, and...

Securing Your Applications Against Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965)

The warm weather is starting to roll in, the birds are chirping, and Spring... well, Spring4Shell is making a timely entrance. If you’re still recovering from Log4Shell, we’re here to tell you you're not alone. While discovery and research of CVE-2022-22965 is evolving, Rapid7 is committed to...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

CVE-2022-22963 - Spring Cloud Function SpEL RCE A new exploit/multi/http/springcloudfunctionspelinjection module has been developed by our very own Spencer McIntyre which targets Spring Cloud Function versions Prior to 3.1.7 and 3.2.3. This module is unrelated to Spring4Shell CVE-2022-22965, whic...

Update on Spring4Shell’s Impact on Rapid7 Solutions and Systems

We have completed remediating the instances of Spring4Shell CVE-2022-22965 and Spring Cloud CVE-2022-22963 vulnerabilities that we found on our internet-facing services and systems. We continue to monitor for new vulnerability instances and to remediate vulnerabilities on internally accessible...

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...

4 Fallacies That Keep SMBs Vulnerable to Ransomware, Pt. 2

This post is co-authored by Chris Henderson, Senior Director of Information Security at Datto, Inc. Welcome back for the second and final of our blogs on the fallacies and biases that perpetuate ransomware risk for SMBs. In part one, we examined how flawed thinking and a sense of helplessness are...

Spring4Shell: Zero-Day Vulnerability in Spring Framework (CVE-2022-22965)

Rapid7 has completed remediating the instances of Spring4Shell CVE-2022-22965 and Spring Cloud CVE-2022-22963 vulnerabilities that we found on our internet-facing services and systems. For further information and updates about our internal response to Spring4Shell, please see our post here. If yo...

[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...

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...

Cloud Pentesting, Pt. 2: Testing Across Different Deployments

In part one of this series, we broke down the various types of cloud deployments. So, pentesting in the cloud is just like on-prem, right? Who asks these loaded questions!? The answer is yes and no. It depends on how a customer has set up their cloud deployment. Let’s cover a few basics first,...

CVE-2022-1026: Kyocera Net View Address Book Exposure

Rapid7 researcher Aaron Herndon has discovered that several models of Kyocera multifunction printers running vulnerable versions of Net View unintentionally expose sensitive user information, including usernames and passwords, through an insufficiently protected address book export function. This...

Rapid7 Announces Partner of the Year Awards 2022 Winners

It’s with immense pleasure that we announce today the winners of the Rapid7 Partner of the Year Awards 2022. All our category winners have achieved exceptional growth, demonstrating dedication and collaboration to the Rapid7 Partner Program throughout the year. We’re very proud to share our...

Analyzing the Attack Landscape: Rapid7’s 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report

Every year, our research team at Rapid7 analyzes thousands of vulnerabilities to understand root causes, dispel misconceptions, and explain why some flaws are more likely to be exploited than others. By continuously reviewing the vulnerability landscape and sharing our research team’s insights, w...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Capture Plugin Capturing credentials is a critical and early phase in the playbook of many offensive security testers. Metasploit has facilitated this for years with protocol-specific modules all under the auxiliary/server/capture. Users can start and configure each of these modules individually,...

The Digital Citizen’s Guide to Navigating Cyber Conflict

As security professionals, we are currently being bombarded with warnings and alerts of a heightened threat level due to the possibility that Russia will start to more aggressively leverage cyberattacks as part of their offensive. If you are feeling the pressure of getting everything done, check...

4 Fallacies That Keep SMBs Vulnerable to Ransomware, Pt. 1

This post is co-authored by Chris Henderson, Senior Director of Information Security at Datto, Inc. Ransomware has focused on big-game hunting of large enterprises in the past years, and those events often make the headlines. The risk can be even more serious for small and medium-sized businesses...

Reflecting on Women’s History Month at Rapid7

During Women’s History Month, we invited some of our team members to share their best advice for other women in technology, celebrate their strengths, and reflect on how they’ve challenged convention within their roles and built their networks. What is the best advice that someone has given you i...

SIEM and XDR: What’s Converging, What’s Not

Let’s start with the conclusion: Security incident and event management SIEM isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Today, most security analysts are using their SIEMs for detection and response, making it the core tool within the security operations center SOC. SIEM aggregates and monitors critical...

Rapid7 Recognized as Top Ranked in Current Offering Category in Forrester Wave™ for Cloud Workload Security

The widespread growth in cloud adoption in recent years has given businesses across all industries the ability to transform and scale in ways never before possible. But the speed of those changes, combined with the increased volume and complexity of resources in cloud environments, often forces...

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...