5 min
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
8 Tips for Securing Networks When Time Is Scarce
In light of increased cyber risk surrounding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we’ve put together 8 tips that defenders can take right now to prepare.
4 min
Research
Cloud Pentesting, Pt. 1: Breaking Down the Basics
More and more customers are looking to get a pentest done in their cloud deployment. What does that mean?
4 min
Research
Graph Analysis of the Conti Ransomware Group Internal Chats
The leaked communications from the Conti ransomware group are a rich source of intelligence, and the messaging patterns provide even more insight.
5 min
Vulnerability Disclosure
CVE-2021-4191: GitLab GraphQL API User Enumeration (FIXED)
On February 25, 2022, GitLab published a fix for CVE-2021-4191, a now-patched vulnerability resulting from a missing authentication check.
7 min
Ransomware
Conti Ransomware Group Internal Chats Leaked Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict
On February 27, Twitter user @ContiLeaks released a trove of chat logs from the sophisticated ransomware group, Conti.
6 min
Log4Shell
Log4Shell 2 Months Later: Security Strategies for the Internet's New Normal
On Wednesday, February 16, Rapid7 experts Bob Rudis, Devin Krugly, and Glenn Thorpe sat down for a webinar on the current state of the Log4j vulnerability.
4 min
Public Policy
Prudent Cybersecurity Preparation for the Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Fending off an attack from a well-resourced nation state is a nightmare scenario for cybersecurity teams. Here are some steps your organization can take to bolster its defenses.
14 min
Research
Dropping Files on a Domain Controller Using CVE-2021-43893
On December 14, 2021, during the Log4Shell chaos, Microsoft published CVE-2021-43893, a remote privelege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows EFS.
2 min
Metasploit
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Welcome, Little Hippo: PetitPotam
Our very own @zeroSteiner [https://github.com/zeroSteiner] ported
[https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/16136] the PetitPotam
[https://github.com/topotam/PetitPotam] exploit to Metasploit this week. This
module leverages CVE-2021-36942
[https://attackerkb.com/topics/TEBmUAfeCs/cve-2021-36942?referrer=blog], a
vulnerability in the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS) API, to capture
machine NTLM hashes. This uses the EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function of t
4 min
Research
Evolving How We Share Rapid7 Research Data
Our goal for Open Data has been to enable others to participate in these efforts, increasing the positive impact across the community.
4 min
Threat Intel
The Big Target on Cyber Insurers' Backs
According to our research, cyber insurance providers are highly targeted in the insurance space. Find out why and what they can do to protect themselves.
3 min
Ransomware
Is the Internet of Things the Next Ransomware Target?
What would it take for IoT to be the target of ransomware? This post takes a closer look.
3 min
Research
Open-Source Security: Getting to the Root of the Problem
The past few weeks have shown us the importance and wide reach of open-source security.
5 min
2022 Planning
2022 Planning: Metrics That Matter and Curtailing the Cobra Effect
Creating metrics in cybersecurity is hard enough, but creating metrics that matter is a harder challenge still.
5 min
Hacky Holidays 2021
Being Naughty to See Who Was Nice: Machine Learning Attacks on Santa’s List
Like many organizations with big data problems, Santa has turned to machine learning to help him sort through his naughty and nice lists.