Posts tagged Research

2 min Events

[VIDEO] An Inside Look at the RSA 2022 Experience From the Rapid7 Team​

We asked four Rapid7 team members to tell us a little bit about their RSAC 2022 experience.

4 min Research

The Hidden Harm of Silent Patches

Silent patches limit who understands how to exploit a vulnerability, which sounds like a great plan — but there's a catch.

3 min Research

Evaluating the Security of an Enterprise IoT Deployment at Domino's Pizza

Recently, I had a great opportunity to work with Domino's Pizza to evaluate an internally conceived Internet of Things (IoT)-based business solution.

7 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2022-22977: VMware Guest Authentication Service LPE (FIXED)

A low-privileged local attacker can prevent the VMware Guest Authentication service from running in a guest Windows environment and can crash this service.

4 min Ransomware

A Year on from the Ransomware Task Force Report

We're marking the anniversary of the Ransomware Task Force’s (RTF) report, which offered 48 recommendations to deter and respond to ransomware attacks

5 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2022-30525 (FIXED): Zyxel Firewall Unauthenticated Remote Command Injection

Rapid7 discovered and reported a vulnerability that affects Zyxel firewalls supporting Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), identified as CVE-2022-30525.

1 min Cloud Security

[Infographic] Cloud Misconfigurations: Don't Become a Breach Statistic

Our latest infographic highlights some key commonalities uncovered in our 2022 Cloud Misconfigurations Report.

4 min Cloud Security

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

In the 2022 Cloud Misconfigurations Report, we reviewed 68 accounts of breaches from 2021. Let's take a brief look at some of the findings.

4 min Research

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

On April 9, ManageEngine fixed CVE-2022-28810 with the release of ADSelfService Plus Build 6122.

4 min Research

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.

8 min Research

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

In this post, we cover how to dead-bug a flash memory chip to help aid your IoT hacking research.

4 min Research

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.

7 min Research

Cloud Pentesting, Pt. 2: Testing Across Different Deployments

Pentesting in the cloud is just like on-premise, right? It depends on how a customer has set up their cloud deployment.

7 min Vulnerability Disclosure

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.

4 min Research

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

Rapid7’s 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report provides a landscape view and expert analysis of critical vulnerabilities and threats.