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This One Time on a Pen Test
This One Time on a Pen Test: I Know...Everything
In the latest edition of "This One Time on a Pen Test," we follow a Rapid7 penetration tester as they perform an internal network engagement.
2 min
This One Time on a Pen Test
This One Time on a Pen Test: Ain’t No Fence High Enough
In this edition of "This One Time on a Pen Test," we discuss an engagement with for an energy company with a high-fence compound.
2 min
Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: How I Outwitted the Vexing VPN
In this edition of "This One Time on a Pen Test," we discuss outwitting the vexing VPN.
2 min
Metasploit Weekly Wrapup
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Three new modules, including a Pwn2Own addition for OS X, plus proxy support for Python Meterpreter, new search improvements, and a reminder of how to report security issues in Metasploit.
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Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: I’m Calling My Lawyer!
In this engagement, Rapid7 pen testers were tasked to identify sensitive information, harvest credentials, and obtain a reverse shell on their machines.
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Penetration Testing
This One Time on a Pen Test: Playing Social Security Slots
This post is part of an ongoing series featuring testimonials of what goes on beneath the hoodie during Rapid7 penetration testing engagements.
2 min
Penetration Testing
Ask a Pen Tester, Part 2: A Q&A With Rapid7 Pen Testers Gisela Hinojosa and Carlota Bindner
Rapid7 pen testers Gisela Hinojosa and Carlota Bindner are back to answer another round of questions about the mysterious art of penetration testing
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Research
Rapid7 Releases 2020 Under the Hoodie Report: Lessons Learned from a Year of Penetration Tests
Rapid7 recently released its 2020 Under the Hoodie report, detailing the ins and outs of penetration testing.
3 min
Penetration Testing
Ask a Pen Tester, Part 1: A Q&A With Rapid7 Pen Testers Gisela Hinojosa and Carlota Bindner
Rapid7 pen testers Gisela Hinojosa and Carlota Bindner break-down a number of popular questions related to the mysterious art of penetration testing.
5 min
Metasploit Weekly Wrapup
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Metasploit 6 initial features and active development, the 2020 open-source security meetup (OSSM), four new modules, and the longest list of enhancements and fixes we've ever written in one sitting.
3 min
Penetration Testing
Understanding Security as an Investment: The Importance of Pen Testing for Startups
Recently, we sat down with Intenseye's Sercan Esen and Serhat Cillidag to discuss developing robust security programs for startup environments.
2 min
Metasploit Weekly Wrapup
Metasploit Wrap-Up
vBulletin, WordPress, and WebLogic exploits, along with some enhancements and fixes.
2 min
Metasploit Weekly Wrapup
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Hello, World!
This week’s wrapup features six new modules, including a double-dose of Synology
and everyone’s favorite, Pi-Hole.
Little NAS, featuring RCE
Synology stations are small(ish) NAS devices, but as Steve Kaun, Nigusu
Kassahun, and h00die have shown, they are not invulnerable. In the first module,
a command injection exists in a scanning function that allows for an
authenticated RCE, and in the second, a coding feature leaks whether a user
exists on the system, allowing for brute-forc
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Vulnerability Risk Management
Meet AttackerKB
Meet AttackerKB: a new community-driven resource that highlights diverse perspectives on which vulnerabilities make the most appealing targets for attackers.
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Metasploit Weekly Wrapup
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Meterpreter bug fixes and five new modules, including an LPE exploit for SMBghost (CVE-2020-0796) and a BloodHound post module that gathers information (sessions, local admin, domain trusts, etc.) and stores it as a BloodHound-consumable ZIP file in Framework loot.