2022 Planning: Designing Effective Strategies to Manage Supply Chain Risk

Supply chains are on everyone's mind right now — from consumer-tech bottlenecks to talks of holiday-season toy shortages. Meanwhile, cyberattacks targeting elements of the supply chain have become increasingly common and impactful — making this area of security a top priority as organizations...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

We just couldn't contain ourselves! This week we've got two Kubernetes modules coming at you from adfoster-r7 and smcintyre-r7. First up is an enum module auxiliary/cloud/kubernetes/enumkubernetes that'll extract a variety of information including the namespaces, pods, secrets, service token...

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon IoT Village, Part 1

This year, Rapid7 participated at the IoT Village during DefCon29 by running a hands-on hardware hacking exercise, with the goal of exposing attendees to concepts and methods for IoT hacking. Over the years, these exercises have covered several different embedded device topics, including how to u...

A Matter of Perspective: Agent-Based and Agentless Approaches to Cloud Security, Part 1

When it comes to securing your cloud assets' activities at runtime, the first step is deciding how. There are enough possible solutions that you're likely to find yourself at a crossroads trying to decide between them. The factors that may affect your choice include: Friction level — How...

OWASP Top 10 Deep Dive: Injection and Stack Traces From a Hacker's Perspective

In case you missed it, injection claimed the number 3 spot in OWASP's updated Top 10 application security risks for 2021. Today, I'm going to highlight some of the reasons why injection is such a formidable threat, despite it falling two spaces from the number 1 slot on OWASP's 2017 list. But...

Passwordless Network Scanning: Same Insights, Less Risk

Password-based credentials are a ubiquitous part of our online lives, but they are prone to vulnerabilities. Combatting those vulnerabilities has been a major hurdle for security professionals, and it's come at major cost for businesses. We are reinventing the credentialing process for our Networ...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

An Especially Spooky Season for Moodle This release has not one, two, or three, but FOUR authenticated Moodle exploit modules, or should I say moodules? H00die comes through again with not just modules, but also an artisanal, bespoke library to support further work. Two target the spell check...

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...

Turn On, Tune In, Drop the Noise: Achieve Better Cloud Security by Reducing Noise

The modern world is full of signals. A select few are critically important, others are interesting or informative, and the overwhelming majority are less useful or painfully irrelevant. All of these signals that are neither useful nor relevant are best categorized as noise. For security...

[Security Nation] Michael Daniel on the Cyber Threat Alliance

!\Security Nation\ Michael Daniel on the Cyber Threat Alliancehttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/10/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Michael Daniel, president and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance CTA, as well as a co-chair on the IST’s...

Patch Tuesday - October 2021

Today’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft issuing fixes for over 70 CVEs, affecting the usual mix of their product lines. From Windows, Edge, and Office, to Exchange, SharePoint, and Dynamics, there is plenty of patching to do for workstation and server administrators alike. One vulnerability has...

This Was the Summer of AppSec: All the Improvements We Made in Q3

Summer has come to an end. The backyard barbecues are behind us, the hot dogs have all been eaten, and we're all gearing up for some awesome autumn leaf peeping. But before we fall into another season see what we did there?, we wanted to take a moment to look back on all of the improvements we've...

Have You Checked the New Kubernetes RBAC Swiss Army Knife?

Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control RBAC is a method of regulating access to computer or network resources based on the roles of individual users within your organization. RBAC authorization uses the rbac.authorization.k8s.io API group to drive authorization decisions, allowing you to dynamicall...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Telemetry is for gathering data, not executing commands as root, right?... This week's highlight is a new exploit module by our own wvu for VMware vCenter Server CVE-2021-22005, a file upload vuln that arises from a flaw in vCenter’s analytics/telemetry service, which is enabled by default...

What's New in InsightVM: Q3 2021 in Review

In today's post, we're giving a rundown of new features and functionality launched in Q3 2021 for InsightVM and the Insight Platform. We hope you can begin to leverage these changes to drive success across your organization. Apple Silicon support on the Insight Agent We're excited to announce tha...

Velociraptor to Announce Winners of Its 2021 Contributor Competition

Velociraptor and Rapid7 are excited to announce the winners of our 2021 Velociraptor Contributor Competition on Friday, October 8. This competition encourages development of useful content and extensions to the Velociraptor platform. Submissions include new functionality in the form of VQL...

Apache HTTP Server CVE-2021-41773 Exploited in the Wild

CVE | Vendor Advisory | AttackerKB | IVM Content | Patching Urgency | Last Update ---|---|---|---|---|--- CVE-2021-41773, CVE-2021-42013 | Apache Advisory | AttackerKB | Available | ASAP | October 12, 2021 15:00 ET See the Updates section at the end of this post for information on developments th...

For Microsoft Exchange Server Vulnerabilities, Patching Remains Patchy

If you've been keeping tabs on the state of vulnerabilities, you've probably noticed that Microsoft Exchange has been in the news more than usual lately. Back in March 2021, Microsoft acknowledged a series of threats exploiting zero-day CVEs in on-premises instances of Exchange Server. Since then...

What's New in InsightIDR: Q3 2021 in Review

This post offers a closer look at some of the recent updates and releases in InsightIDR, our extended detection and response solution, from Q3 2021. Welcome IntSights to the Rapid7 Insight Platform family! As you may have seen in recent communications, Rapid7 acquired IntSights, a leading provide...

[The Lost Bots] Episode 6: D&R + VM = WINNING!

!\The Lost Bots\ Episode 6: D&R + VM = WINNING!https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/10/-The-Lost-Bots--Episode-1--External-Threat-Intelligence.jpeg Welcome back to The Lost Bots, a vlog series where Rapid7 Detection and Response Practice Advisor Jeffrey Gardner talks all things security wi...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Credential gatherers, mix-ins, oh my! We're excited that Metasploit now includes support for 28 related post modules for gathering credentials based on the PackRat toolset. This is a continuation of 5433, 11700, and 11719. It was developed by community contributors Kazuyoshi Maruta, Daniel...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How Security Pros Can Get Involved

Fall is a time defined by yearly rituals. For some of us, that means breaking out our favorite knit sweaters, indulging in pumpkin-flavored everything, or — in the immortal words of George Costanza — “shifting into soup mode." The information security world has its own autumnal observance: Nation...

The 2021 OWASP Top 10 Have Evolved: Here's What You Should Know

Late last week, the Open Web Application Security Project OWASP released its top 10 list of critical web application security risks. The last OWASP Top 10 came out in 2017, and in the intervening 4 years, we've seen a fundamental shift in application security that includes greater emphasis on...

[Security Nation] Rob Graham on Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium

!\Security Nation\ Rob Graham on Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposiumhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Rob Graham of Errata Security about his experience attending pillow magnate Mike Lindell's Cyber...

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...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Vulnerability is in the eye of the beholder Exploiting firmware authored by UDP Technology and provided to multiple large OEMs including Geutebruck, community contributor TrGFxX has authored a neat module that allows RCE as root on machines running the web interface of the Geutebruck G-Cam and...

Ransomware: Is Critical Infrastructure in the Clear?

Recently I've been getting asked whether I believe ransomware is on the decline, particularly for critical infrastructure. Part of the reason for this question seems to be a recent security briefing from White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger, suggesting that language on the...

Easier URI Targeting With Metasploit Framework

Over the past year and a half, Metasploit Framework’s core engineering team in Belfast has made significant improvements to usability, discoverability, and the general quality of life for the global community of Framework users. A few of the enhancements we’ve worked on in MSF 6 include: A handy...

Rapid7 Technical Support: Building a Career Path With Endless Possibilities

At Rapid7, our Technical Support teams deliver a world-class support experience to our customers across the globe. We have Support Moose on 4 continents, in 10 offices, and across 8 time zones, but we're all one herd. So, how do we achieve this? We swarm on cases together each day, we collaborate...

Critical vCenter Server File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2021-22005)

See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light, including reports of exploitation. Description On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, VMware published security advisory VMSA-2021-0020, which includes details on CVE-2021-22005, a critical file upload vulnerabilit...

Rapid7 Statement on the New Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers of Personal Data

Context: On June 4, 2021, the European Commission published new standard contractual clauses “New SCCs". Under the General Data Protection Regulation “GDPR", transfers of personal data to countries outside of the European Economic Area EEA must meet certain conditions. The New SCCs are an approve...

Login Authentication Goes Automated With New InsightAppSec Improvements

Move over, macros — automated login is here. At Rapid7, we know the most powerful tools in your security portfolio are the ones that help you understand your risks quickly. With our new automated login for InsightAppSec, you can access and scan even the most complex, modern applications quickly a...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Clone your way to code execution We’ve had a busy week bringing you exploits, features, enhancements, and fixes. Exploit modules for Git and El Finder lead the pack this week with an information disclosure against Jira and a post exploitation module targeting Geutebruck white-labelled cameras to...

SANS 2021 Threat Hunting Survey: How Organizations' Security Postures Have Evolved in the New Normal

It's that time of year once again: The SANS Institute — the most trusted resource for cybersecurity research — has conducted its sixth annual Threat Hunting Survey, sponsored by Rapid7. The goal of this survey is to better understand the current threat hunting landscape and the benefits provided ...

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...

[Security Nation] Craig Williams of Cisco Talos on Proxyware

!\Security Nation\ Craig Williams of Cisco Talos on Proxywarehttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Craig Williams, recently of Cisco Talos, about proxyware and integrating security acquisitions the right way...

OMIGOD: How to Automatically Detect and Fix Microsoft Azure’s New OMI Vulnerability

Update: On September 16, 2021, Microsoft released an updated OMS agent v1.13.40-0 that addresses these vulnerabilities. You can download the updated version from Microsoft's GitHub repo here. In response, our team is updating the pre-built insight in InsightCloudSec to specifically look for...

Patch Tuesday - September 2021

Microsoft has fixed a total of 60 vulnerabilities this month, including two publicly disclosed 0-days. Fortunately there are only a few issues rated critical this month with the vast majority of the remainder being rated important. Here’s three big things you can go patch right now. MSHTML Remote...

[The Lost Bots] Episode 5: Insider Threat

!\The Lost Bots\ Episode 5: Insider Threathttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/-The-Lost-Bots--Episode-1--External-Threat-Intelligence.jpeg Welcome back to The Lost Bots, a vlog series where Rapid7 Detection and Response Practice Advisor Jeffrey Gardner talks all things security with...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Confluence Server OGNL Injection Our own wvu along with Jang added a module that exploits an OGNL injection CVE-2021-26804in Atlassian Confluence's WebWork component to execute commands as the Tomcat user. CVE-2021-26804 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence Server and...

The Rise of Disruptive Ransomware Attacks: A Call To Action

Our collective use of and dependence on technology has come quite a long way since 1989. That year, the first documented ransomware attack — the AIDS Trojan — was spread via physical media 5 1⁄4" floppy disks delivered by the postal service to individuals subscribed to a mailing list. The malware...

Cloud Challenges in the Age of Remote Work: Rapid7’s 2021 Cloud Misconfigurations Report

A lot changed in 2020, and the way businesses use the cloud was no exception. According to one study, 90% of organizations plan to increase their use of cloud infrastructure following the COVID-19 pandemic, and 61% are planning to optimize the way they currently use the cloud. The move to the clo...

Security at Scale in the Open-Source Supply Chain

“We’ve all heard of paying it forward, but this is ridiculous!” That’s probably what most of us think when one of our partners or vendors inadvertently leaves an open door into our shared supply-chain network; an attacker can enter at any time. Well, we probably think in slightly more...

CVE-2021-3546[78]: Akkadian Console Server Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

!CVE-2021-3546\78: Akkadian Console Server Vulnerabilities \FIXED\https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/akkadian-vuln.jpg Over the course of routine security research, Rapid7 researchers Jonathan Peterson, Cale Black, William Vu, and Adam Cammack discovered that the Akkadian Console ofte...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Capture Credentials with our new SMB Server Our own Adam Galway revamped the old SMB capture module and now supports NTLMv1 and NTLMv2, as well as SMB1, SMB2 and SMB3. This was possible thanks to @zeroSteiner's new RubySMB server implementation. Metasploit is now able to capture NTLM hashes from...

Cybersecurity as Digital Detective Work: DFIR and Its 3 Key Components

Thanks to CSI and the many other crime-solving shows that have grasped our collective imagination for decades, we're all at least somewhat familiar with the field of forensics and its unique appeal. At some point, anyone who's watched these series has probably envisioned themselves in the...

Active Exploitation of Confluence Server & Confluence Data Center: CVE-2021-26084

This attack is ongoing. See the Updates section at the end of this post for new information as it comes to light. On August 25, 2021, Atlassian published details on CVE-2021-26084, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center. The vulnerability...

SANS Experts: 4 Emerging Enterprise Attack Techniques

In a recent report, a panel of SANS Institute experts broke down key takeaways and emerging attack techniques from this year’s RSA Security Conference. The long and short of it? This next wave of malicious methodologies isn’t on the horizon — it’s here. When it comes to supply-chain and ransomwar...

[Security Nation] Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth on Securing Colorado

!\Security Nation\ Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth on Securing Coloradohttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/securitynationlogo--1-.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, we chat with Deborah Blyth, CISO of the State of Colorado, and Jill Fraser, CISO for Jefferson County, Colorado. They...

New Rapid7 MDR Essentials Capability Sees What Attackers See: “It’s Eye-Opening”

The pandemic and remote work shattered your perimeter. Your attack surface has changed — and will keep changing. It’s our mission to help customers strengthen security defenses and stay ahead of evil. As the modern perimeter expands, new and old vulnerabilities emerge as open doors for attackers;...