3 min
Virtual Vegas
Black Hat 2021: Rapid7 Experts Share Key Day 2 Takeaways
Here we are again, back for another day of Rapid7 expert debriefings and analysis for some of the most talked-about Black Hat sessions of this year.
8 min
Ransomware
Slot Machines and Cybercrime: Why Ransomware Won't Quit Pulling Our Lever
Ransomware remains a significant problem, partly because the incentives for everyone, including victims, are there to increase the number of ransomware attacks.
3 min
Virtual Vegas
Black Hat 2021: Rapid7 Experts Share Key Day 1 Takeaways
OK, no big deal, we know how this goes. Once again, many of us are attending
Black Hat [https://www.blackhat.com/us-21/] in a virtual capacity as COVID-19
meanders its way out of our lives. The good news is that there’s an actual live
component again this year in Las Vegas, and that’s progress. Here’s hoping that
next year the pandemic will be more firmly in the rearview and any remaining
travel trepidation will be a “2021 thing.”
So flip the on-switch to some neon lights if you got ‘em, and l
7 min
Ransomware
The Ransomware Task Force: A New Approach to Fighting Ransomware
The Institute for Security and Technology put together a comprehensive Ransomware Task Force (RTF) to identify new approaches to shift the dynamics of ransomware and reduce opportunities for attackers.
4 min
Metasploit
Metasploit Wrap-Up
Now I Control Your Resource Planning Servers
Sage X3 is a resource planning product designed by Sage Group which is designed
to help established businesses plan out their business operations. But what if
you wanted to do more than just manage resources? What if you wanted to hijack
the resource server itself? Well wait no more, as thanks to the work of Aaron
Herndon [https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-herndon-54079b5a/], Jonathan Peterson
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-p-004b76a1/], Will
3 min
Detection and Response
Accelerating SecOps and Emergent Threat Response with the Insight Platform
Efficiency and streamlined operations are two areas where our team will continue to focus efforts in order to deliver value across Rapid7’s growing best-in-class portfolio, while enabling cross capability experiences that improve security team effectiveness.
3 min
InsightVM
What’s New in InsightVM: Q2 2021 in Review
Here is a rundown of new features and functionality launched in Q2 2021 for InsightVM and the Insight Platform.
9 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - July 2021
Microsoft has patched another 117 CVEs
[https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2021-Jul], returning to
volumes seen in early 2021 and most of 2020. It would appear that the recent
trend of approximately 50 vulnerability fixes per month was not indicative of a
slowing pace. This month there were 13 vulnerabilities rated Critical with
nearly the rest being rated Important. Thankfully, none of the updates published
today require additional steps to remediate, so administrators should b
2 min
Emergent Threat Response
ForgeRock Access Manager/OpenAM Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-35464): What You Need To Know
On June 29, 2021, researcher Michael Stepankin (@artsploit) posted details of a pre-auth remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, CVE-2021-35464, in ForgeRock Access Manager identity and access management software that front-ends web applications and remote access solutions in many enterprises.
4 min
Vulnerability Management
InsightVM Release Announcement: Global Dashboard Filters
InsightVM users have been able to create dashboards, add different visualizations in the form of cards and apply filters to these cards. Rapid7 also provided dashboard templates which enabled users to create views focusing on scenarios
4 min
Detection and Response
Attack Surface Analysis Part 3:
Red and Purple Teaming
This is the third and final installment in our 2021 series around attack surface analysis. In this installment I’ll detail the final 2 analysis techniques—red and purple teaming.
8 min
Vulnerability Disclosure
Akkadian Provisioning Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities Disclosure (Fixed)
Researchers discovered a trio of vulnerabilities in the Akkadian Provisioning Manager version 4.50.18.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - June 2021
It is another low volume Patch Tuesday this month as Microsoft releases fixes
for 50 vulnerabilities. This should not diminish the importance of speedily
applying the updates. 6 of the vulnerabilities being patched this month are
0-days under active exploitation (CVE-2021-31955
[https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31955],
CVE-2021-31956
[https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31956],
CVE-2021-33739
[https://msrc.microsoft.com/updat
4 min
Vulnerability Disclosure
CVE-2021-3198 and CVE-2021-3540: MobileIron Shell Escape Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Discovered by Rapid7 researcher William Vu, Ivanti MobileIron Core versions 10.7.0.1-9 and 11.0.0.1-3 suffer from 2 restricted-shell escape vulnerabilities.
2 min
Emergent Threat Response
CVE-2021-21985: What you need to know about the latest critical vCenter Server vulnerability
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, VMware published security advisory VMSA-2021-0010
[https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0010.html], which includes
details on CVE-2021-21985, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the
vSphere Client (HTML5) component of vCenter Server (6.5, 6.7, and 7.0) and
VMware Cloud Foundation (3.x and 4.x). The vulnerability arises from lack of
input validation in the Virtual SAN Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by
default in vCenter Server. Succe