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2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 8/2/19

A new feature, better `set payload` options, and new modules. Plus, open-source office hours in Vegas during hacker summer camp.

5 min Metasploit

Introducing Pingback Payloads

The Metasploit team added a new feature to Framework that improves safety and offers another avenue in MSF for novel evasion techniques: pingback payloads.

3 min Vulnerability Management

BlueKeep Exploits May Be Coming: Our Observations and Recommendations

Rapid7 Labs has observed a significant uptick in malicious RDP activity since the release of CVE-2019-0708 (aka “BlueKeep”).

4 min Research

New Research: Investigating and Reversing Avionics CAN Bus Systems

Rapid7's recently released research report examines the security (or lack thereof) of CAN bus networks in small aircraft.

3 min Automation and Orchestration

How to Automate Threat Hunting with SOAR for Faster Response Times

In this blog, we highlight four ways security orchestration and automation (SOAR) tools can streamline the threat hunting process.

1 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 7/26/19

First!! Congrats to Nick Tyrer for the first community contibuted evasion module to land in master. Nick's evasion/windows/applocker_evasion_install_util module leverages the trusted InstallUtil.exe binary to execute user supplied code and evade application whitelisting. New modules (4) * WP Database Backup RCE by Mikey Veenstra / Wordf

3 min Cloud Infrastructure

Why the Modern SIEM Is in the Cloud

Let’s talk about why modern SIEM is in the cloud, what core benefits you can expect, and how it is predicted to evolve as we soar toward 2020.

2 min InsightVM

Ensuring Timely Remediation of Security Risks with Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) in InsightVM

Rapid7 makes it easy for you to set up and track service-level agreements (SLAs) in InsightVM.

4 min Application Security

Beyond Static Rules: WAF vs. RASP for Better Web Application Security

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the differences between traditional web application firewalls (WAFs) and runtime application self-protection (RASP).

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 7/19/19

RCE with a Key An exploit module for Laravel Framework was submitted by community contributor aushack . The module targets an insecure unserialize call with the X-XSRF-TOKEN HTTP request header, which was discovered by Ståle Pettersen. Since the exploit requires the Laravel APP_KEY to reach the vulnerable unserialize call, aushack included information leak

3 min Podcast

Why Having the Right Team Is Vital to Advancing Security

On this week's episode of Security Nation, we caught up with David Rogers about his recent royal recognition and how he credits his team for his success.

1 min Metasploit

End of Sale Announced for Metasploit Community

Today we are announcing end of sale for Metasploit Community Edition, effective immediately.

4 min Cloud Infrastructure

Your Guide to Securing Multi-Cloud Environments in an IaaS World

In this post, we’ll cover the unique challenges with securing cloud environments, and some best practices specifically focused on securing multi-cloud infrastructure.

3 min Events

Metasploit Open Source Office Hours: Vegas 2019

The Metasploit crew at Rapid7 is headed out to Las Vegas for DEF CON 27, bringing a new incarnation of the Open Source Security Meetup (OSSM) with us! We will have a Metasploit Suite at Bally’s this year, where we’ll be hosting “Open Source Office Hours” (OSOH). If you’ll be out in Vegas for DEF CON 27, take a moment and ask yourself: * Are you currently working on a Metasploit module/payload and could use some guidance? * Are you modifying Framework and you’d like to discuss? * Are you w

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 7/12/19

We hope our American friends had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend! There are no new modules this week, so instead we're featuring two enhancements that fix some long outstanding Framework bugs. Check out last week’s holiday wrap-up for a list of the modules that landed while the U.S. was watching fireworks. GatherProof (or don't) Using ssh_login* on certain non-standard devices such as Brocade switches and Juniper firewalls