Scattered Spider: Rapid7 Insights, Observations, and Recommendations

Overview of Scattered Spider and recent activity Scattered Spider also tracked as UNC3944, Scatter Swine, Muddled Libra, among other aliases is a financially motivated cybercriminal group active since at least May 2022. The group is notorious for targeting large enterprises — especially...

CVE-2025-6759: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops - Local Privilege Escalation (FIXED)

Overview During a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure VDI breakout assessment, Rapid7 identified a Local Privilege Escalation LPE vulnerability affecting Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. This issue was assigned CVE-2025-6759 and has a CVSS score of 7.3 High. Rapid7 observed a SYSTEM process handle wi...

Coverage Plus Context Equals Intelligent Exposure Management

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVEs is the standardized directory of publicly known software flaws that attackers can exploit to carry out cyber attacks. Vulnerability management solutions scan for CVEs to give you a list of all the gaps in your attack surface, but the volume of new...

Multiple Brother Devices: Multiple Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

Overview Update June 25, 2025: Update statistics to reflect an additional 6 affected models from Konica Minolta, Inc. Rapid7 conducted a zero-day research project into multifunction printers MFP from Brother Industries, Ltd. This research resulted in the discovery of 8 new vulnerabilities. Some o...

Patch Tuesday - June 2025

Microsoft is addressing 67 vulnerabilities this June 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for just one of the vulnerabilities published today, and that is reflected in CISA KEV. Separately, Microsoft is aware of existing public disclosure for one other freshly...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Demystifying Cloud Detection & Response – The Future of SOC and MDR

Cloud adoption has fundamentally reshaped security operations, bringing flexibility and scalability, but also complexity. In this session from the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Rapid7’s product leaders discussed how today’s SOC and MDR capabilities must evolve to keep up. Hosted...

BlackSuit Continues Social Engineering Attacks in Wake of Black Basta’s Internal Conflict

Executive Summary There has been a significant decrease in social engineering attacks linked to the Black Basta ransomware group since late December 2024. This lapse also included the leaked Black Basta chat logs in February 2025, indicating internal conflict within the group. Despite this, Rapid...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Demystifying Cloud Detection & Response – The Future of SOC and MDR

Cloud adoption has fundamentally reshaped security operations, bringing flexibility and scalability, but also complexity. In this session from the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Rapid7’s product leaders discussed how today’s SOC and MDR capabilities must evolve to keep up. Hosted...

Patch Tuesday - June 2025

Microsoft is addressing 67 vulnerabilities this June 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for just one of the vulnerabilities published today, and that is reflected in CISA KEV. Separately, Microsoft is aware of existing public disclosure for one other freshly...

BlackSuit Continues Social Engineering Attacks in Wake of Black Basta’s Internal Conflict

Executive Summary There has been a significant decrease in social engineering attacks linked to the Black Basta ransomware group since late December 2024. This lapse also included the leaked Black Basta chat logs in February 2025, indicating internal conflict within the group. Despite this, Rapid...

5 Things Security Leaders Need to Know About Agentic AI

From writing assistance to intelligent summarization, generative AI has already transformed the way businesses work. But we’re now entering a new phase where AI doesn’t just generate content, but takes independent action on our behalf. This next evolution is called ‘agentic AI’, and it’s moving...

Navigating AWS Migration: Achieving Clarity and Confidence

Migrating workloads to Amazon Web Services AWS represents a significant strategic opportunity, enabling greater agility, scalability, and potential for innovation. But undertaking this transition without a comprehensive strategy for visibility and security can introduce unforeseen risks,...

Metasploit Wrap-up 06/06/25

ThinManager Path Traversal CVE-2023-27855 Arbitrary File Upload Authors: Michael Heinzl and Tenable Type: Auxiliary Pull request: 20138 contributed by h4x-x0r Path: admin/networking/thinmanagertraversalupload AttackerKB reference: CVE-2023-2917 Description: Adds an auxiliary module that targets...

Cultivating Growth and Development at Rapid7

At Rapid7, we’re pushing the boundaries on what a cybersecurity company can be as we work to build a more secure digital future. In a field where the threat landscape continues to evolve, continuous learning and the development of our people becomes an engine for company success and innovation...

India's Cyber Leaders Prepare for AI-Driven Threats

As India's economy rapidly digitizes, cybersecurity challenges are becoming increasingly complex. This May, Rapid7 launched our inaugural Global Security Day series across India, bringing together top security leaders in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru to address the most pressing cyber threats faci...

Navigating AWS Migration: Achieving Clarity and Confidence

Migrating workloads to Amazon Web Services AWS represents a significant strategic opportunity, enabling greater agility, scalability, and potential for innovation. But undertaking this transition without a comprehensive strategy for visibility and security can introduce unforeseen risks,...

Rapid7 Q1 2025 Incident Response Findings

Rapid7’s Q1 2025 incident response data highlights several key initial access vector IAV trends, shares salient examples of incidents investigated by the Rapid7 Incident Response IR team, and digs into threat data by industry as well as some of the more commonly seen pieces of malware appearing i...

From Ideology to Financial Gain: Exploring the Convergence from Hacktivism to Cybercrime

Co-authored by Yaniv Allender and Alexandra Blia Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threat actors, the lines between ideologically driven hacktivism and financially motivated cybercriminals have become increasingly blurred. Originally fueled by political, social, or ethical...

Introducing AI Attack Coverage in Exposure Command: Secure what traditional AppSec Tools miss

The rise of GenAI-powered applications – from internal copilots to customer-facing chatbots – is changing how businesses operate. While these tools drive innovation, they also introduce a fast moving, often invisible layer of risk. Most traditional AppSec tools were never built to handle the uniq...

From Ideology to Financial Gain: Exploring the Convergence from Hacktivism to Cybercrime

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threat actors, the lines between ideologically driven hacktivism and financially motivated cybercriminals have become increasingly blurred. Originally fueled by political, social, or ethical causes, hacktivist groups have historically engaged i...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Risk Revolution – Proactive Strategies for Exposure Management

At the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, a standout session titled Risk Revolution brought together Rapid7 product leaders and ESG analyst Tyler Shields to unpack the evolution of exposure management — and how organizations can build more context-driven, proactive risk strategies...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/30/2025

The internet is a series of Tube SOCKS Metasploit has supported SOCKS proxies for years now, being able to both act as both a client by setting the Proxies datastore option and a server by running the auxiliary/server/socksproxy module. While Metasploit has supported both SOCKS versions 4a and 5,...

Seeing Is Securing: How Surface Command Expands MDR Visibility and Impact

Imagine hiring a professional security team to guard your home — only to discover they’re doing so by monitoring camera feeds from only the front of the house — securing the front door but blissfully unaware of the unlocked window in the back. That’s what many organizations face today when relyin...

CVE-2025-48045, CVE-2025-48046, CVE-2025-48047: MICI NetFax Server Product Vulnerabilities (NOT FIXED)

In the course of a penetration testing engagement, Rapid7 discovered three vulnerabilities in MICI Network Co., Ltd’s NetFax server versions 3.0.1.0. These issues allowed for an authenticated attack chain resulting in Remote Code Execution RCE against the device as the root user. While...

CVE-2025-48045, CVE-2025-48046, CVE-2025-48047: MICI NetFax Server Product Vulnerabilities (NOT FIXED)

In the course of a penetration testing engagement, Rapid7 discovered three vulnerabilities in MICI Network Co., Ltd’s NetFax server versions 3.0.1.0. These issues allowed for an authenticated attack chain resulting in Remote Code Execution RCE against the device as the root user. While...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Customer Panel on Future-Proofing VM Programs

One of the most actionable sessions at the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit came directly from the field. In a panel hosted by Aniket Menon, VP of Product Management at Rapid7, security leaders from Cross Financial Corp, Phibro Animal Health Corporation, and Miltenyi Biotec shared h...

Retail Under Siege: What Recent Cyber Attacks Tell Us About Today’s Threat Landscape

When several major UK organizations, including well-known retail brands, found themselves caught in a cyber attack earlier this year, it made headlines. But this incident wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. It reflects a growing trend where attackers exploit third-party vendors to breach...

Retail Under Siege: What Recent Cyber Attacks Tell Us About Today’s Threat Landscape

When several major UK organizations, including well-known retail brands, found themselves caught in a cyber attack earlier this year, it made headlines. But this incident wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last. It reflects a growing trend where attackers exploit third-party vendors to breach...

Threats don’t wait, neither should you: Mastering Emergent Threat Response Validation

Cybersecurity is a team sport In cybersecurity, no one fights alone. Defending against modern threats requires seamless collaboration, real-time intelligence, and precision execution—just like a well-coordinated sports team. That’s why Rapid7 Labs and our Vector Command team work together to stay...

Metasploit Wrap-Up

Making Metasploit faster This week's wrap-up includes many new modules, but notably, we've upgraded Metasploit loading. Thanks to bcoles, the bootup performance when searching for a module has been increased in 20166. Also, we've reduced Metasploit startup time - in 20155. New module content 6...

What the Take Command 2025 Survey Tells Us About the State of Security

The Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit wasn’t just about sharing insights, it was about listening. After the live sessions wrapped, we surveyed attendees to understand where their security programs stand today, what challenges they’re facing, and what they found most valuable during t...

NSIS Abuse and sRDI Shellcode: Anatomy of the Winos 4.0 Campaign

Co-authored byAnna Širokova and Ivan Feigl Executive summary Rapid7 has been tracking a malware campaign that uses fake software installers disguised as popular apps like VPN and QQBrowser—to deliver Winos v4.0, a hard-to-detect malware that runs entirely in memory and gives attackers remote...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Inside the Mind of an Attacker

In one of the most anticipated sessions of Take Command 2025, Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7, sat down with Trent Teyema, former FBI Special Agent and President of CSG Strategies, for a candid conversation on how threat actors are evolving and what defenders must do to keep up. Moderated b...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Inside the Mind of an Attacker

In one of the most anticipated sessions of Take Command 2025, Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7, sat down with Trent Teyema, former FBI Special Agent and President of CSG Strategies, for a candid conversation on how threat actors are evolving and what defenders must do to keep up. Moderated b...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/16/2025

New modules for everyone This week’s release is packed with new module content. We have RCE modules for Car Rental System 1.0, Wordpress plugins SureTriggers, User Registration and Membership. We also have a persistence module for LINQPad software and an auxiliary module for POWERCOM UPSMON PRO. ...

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,...

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,...

CVE-2025-32756 Exploited in the Wild, Affecting Multiple Fortinet Products

On May 13, 2025, Fortinet disclosed CVE-2025-32756, an unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow affecting multiple Fortinet products; including FortiVoice, FortiRecorder, FortiNDR, FortiMail, and FortiCamera. The vulnerability is rated as CVSS 9.6 Critical, and allows an unauthenticated remote...

CVE-2025-32756 Exploited in the Wild, Affecting Multiple Fortinet Products

On May 13, 2025, Fortinet disclosed CVE-2025-32756, an unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow affecting multiple Fortinet products; including FortiVoice, FortiRecorder, FortiNDR, FortiMail, and FortiCamera. The vulnerability is rated as CVSS 9.6 Critical, and allows an unauthenticated remote...

Patch Tuesday - May 2025

Microsoft is addressing 77 vulnerabilities this May 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for five of the vulnerabilities published today, and these are already reflected in CISA KEV. Separately, Microsoft is aware of existing public disclosure for two...

Patch Tuesday - May 2025

Microsoft is addressing 77 vulnerabilities this May 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for five of the vulnerabilities published today, and these are already reflected in CISA KEV. Separately, Microsoft is aware of existing public disclosure for two...

Vendor-Agnostic Security: The Key To Smarter Risk Management

Security teams are investing in more tools than ever – but visibility into real risk is still elusive. Why? Because too many tools are locked inside closed ecosystems that don’t share data or context. A vendor-agnostic security strategy changes that. It gives you the flexibility to integrate...

Recognizing Excellence: Rapid7’s Kelly Hiscoe and Heather DeMartini Honored as CRN’s 2025 Women of the Channel

We are thrilled to announce that two outstanding Rapid7 team members, Kelly Hiscoe and Heather DeMartini, have been recognized as CRN's 2025 Women of the Channel. This prestigious recognition honors innovative and strategic leaders that demonstrate commitment to advancing channel excellence and...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/09/2025

New Toys and New Techniques This release features a new OPNSense login scanner, a module targeting the Sante PACS path traversal vulnerability, an additional method for stealing Network Access Account credentials via SMB to HTTP relay, and the Erlang/OTP SSH exploit everyone was excited about. Ne...

Multiple vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 100 series (FIXED)

Overview In April of 2025, Rapid7 discovered and disclosed three new vulnerabilities affecting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access “SMA” 100 series appliances SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, 500v. These vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-32819, CVE-2025-32820, and CVE-2025-32821. An attacker with access ...

Multiple vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA 100 series (FIXED)

Overview In April of 2025, Rapid7 discovered and disclosed three new vulnerabilities affecting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access “SMA” 100 series appliances SMA 200, 210, 400, 410, 500v. These vulnerabilities are tracked as CVE-2025-32819, CVE-2025-32820, and CVE-2025-32821. An attacker with access ...

Exploring an Untethered, Unified Approach to CTEM

We live in a world where traditional Vulnerability Management VM has become infosec’s version of ‘whack-a-mole’— an attempt to tackle risks that constantly shift, multiply, and morph. As organizations push workloads to the cloud, offer customers digital experiences, or as they build AI-enabled...

Exploring an Untethered, Unified Approach to CTEM

We live in a world where traditional Vulnerability Management VM has become infosec’s version of ‘whack-a-mole’— an attempt to tackle risks that constantly shift, multiply, and morph. As organizations push workloads to the cloud, offer customers digital experiences, or as they build AI-enabled...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: From Zero to Hero: Building the Perfect Defense

At Take Command 2025, bold ideas and fresh thinking took center stage — in particular in our opening talk From Zero to Hero: Building the Perfect Defense. Led by Ted Harrington, Executive Partner at ISE, and hosted by Thom Langford, EMEA CTO at Rapid7, this session challenged security leaders to...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/02/2025

Meterpreter Extended API Clipboard Monitoring Security is hard, and Open Source Security is a collaborative effort. This week, Metasploit released a fix for a vulnerability that was privately disclosed to us by long-time community member bcoles. The vulnerability in question impacted Metasploit...