Posts tagged Vulnerability Management

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.