Posts by Tod Beardsley

2 min Vulnerability Disclosure

R7-2019-40: Bloomsky SKY2 Weather Camera Station Data Authenticity and Exposure Vulnerabilities

Multiple information leak vulnerabilities are present in the Bloomsky SKY2 network, obtainable via JSON queries.

4 min IoT

IoT Vuln Disclosure: Children's GPS Smart Watches (R7-2019-57)

In a recent IoT hacking training exercise, Rapid7 penetration testers set out to find vulnerabilities in a number of children's GPS-enabled smart watches.

2 min Research

Rapid7 Introduces Industry Cyber-Exposure Report: Deutsche Börse Prime Standard 320

Today, Rapid7 released our fifth Industry Cyber-Exposure Report (ICER) examining the overall exposure of the companies listed in the Deutsche Börse Prime Standard index.

6 min Vulnerability Disclosure

R7-2019-32: Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities in Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC Environment

Rapid7 researcher Andreas Galauner has discovered two vulnerabilities affecting the TwinCAT PLC environment.

4 min Events

Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSides 2019: Highlights and Emerging Industry Trends

As Hacker Summer Camp comes to a close, we sat down with a few friends in the security space to discuss the major highlights from Black Hat, DEF CON, and BSides .

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

Zoom Video Snooping Security Flaw (CVE-2019-13450): What You Need to Know

Here's what you need to know about the recent Zoom vulnerability disclosure.

1 min Metasploit

Metasploit Development Diaries: Q2 2019

Hey folks, it's towards the end of the second quarter, which means it's high time for another Metasploit Dev Diary! If you already know what this series is about, feel free to just click on over here [https://www.rapid7.com/research/report/metasploit-development-diaries-q2-2019] and read away. If you need more convincing, here's the skinny. Once a quarter, the indomitable Metasploit [https://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/] engineering team is going to pull you, dear reader, behind the cur

9 min Vulnerability Disclosure

Investigating the Plumbing of the IoT Ecosystem (R7-2018-65, R7-2019-07) (FIXED)

Two vulnerabilities have been disclosed for Eaton's Home Lighting HALO Home Smart Lighting System and BlueCats' AA Beacon.

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

R7-2018-43: Username Enumeration in Okta SSO Del Auth through Response Timing

A vulnerability has been discovered in Okta SSO running in Delegated Authentication (Del Auth) mode, a popular configuration for Okta SSO.

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

R7-2019-01: CircuitWerkes Sicon-8 Client-Side Authentication Read-Only Bypass (CVE-2019-5616)

The Sicon-8 ships with a web-based front-end controller and implements an authentication mechanism in JavaScript that is run in the context of a user’s web browser.

3 min Haxmas

R7-2018-52: Guardzilla IoT Video Camera Hard-Coded Credential (CVE-2018-5560)

Most HaXmas posts are full of fun and frivolity, but this one is a routine vulnerability disclosure in a piece of IoT gear that you should know about.

3 min Haxmas

The 12 Days of HaXmas: A Festive Blog Series Recapping Security in 2018

It’s the waning days of 2018, so it’s time to usher in our traditional end-of-year blog series, the 12 Days of HaXmas.

3 min Cybersecurity

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Tips for Improving Your Personal Pa55w0rd! Management

It's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it's a great time to chat about why you should consider a password manager to stay secure.

2 min Penetration Testing

Under the Hoodie 2018: Lessons from a Season of Penetration Testing

Today, I’m excited to announce the release of our 2018 edition of Under the Hoodie: Lessons from a Season of Penetration Testing by the Rapid7 Global Services team, along with me, Tod Beardsley and Kwan Lin.

4 min Vulnerability Management

CVE 100K: A Big, Round Number

There have been 100,000 CVEs published. That's a big, round number.