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Patch Tuesday - December 2022

48 new CVEs (plus 24 affecting Chromium-based Edge) published by Microsoft, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which has been seen actively exploited.

4 min Cybersecurity

Tis the Season to Be Wary: Three Holiday Shopping Scams To Watch For

The holiday season is a potential goldmine for scammers. Thankfully, if you know what to look for it's relatively easy to stay safe.

2 min Emergent Threat Response

CVE-2022-42475: Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in FortiOS; Exploitation Reported

Today FortiGuard Labs published advisory FG-IR-22-398 regarding a “heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FortiOS SSL-VPN. FortiGuard Labs has confirmed at least one instance of the vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

1 min Rapid7 Culture

Rapid7 Recognized as a Top Place to Work for 11th Consecutive Year

On November 30th, 2022, Rapid7 was again recognized by The Boston Globe as a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts. This marks the 11th consecutive year Rapid7 has made the list, this time coming in at #3 in the large company category.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 12/9/22

Login brute-force utility Jan Rude added a new module that gives users the ability to brute-force login for Linux Syncovery. This expands Framework's capability to scan logins to Syncovery, a popular web GUI for backups. WordPress extension SQL injection module Cydave , destr4ct , and jheysel-r7 contributed a new module that takes advantage of a vulnerable WordPress extension. Thi

1 min AWS

AWS Graviton Processor Support on Insight Agent

We are pleased to announce that the Insight Agent now supports the AWS Graviton processor. The Insight Agent supports various operating systems using the AWS Graviton processor.

5 min XDR

2023 Cybersecurity Industry Predictions

Rapid7 has put together a webinar featuring some of Rapid7’s leading thinkers on the subject — and an important voice from a valued customer — to discuss some of the lessons learned and give their take on what 2023 will look like.

3 min InsightIDR

About Anomalous Data Transfer detection in InsightIDR

Data exfiltration is an unauthorized movement or transfer of data occurring on an organization’s network. Identifying this cyber risk is integral to securing your organization’s network.

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2022-4261: Rapid7 Nexpose Update Validation Issue (FIXED)

Nexpose version 6.6.172 fixes an issue with how Nexpose validates update packages, CVE-2022-4261.

2 min Security Strategy

ISO 27001 Certification: What it is and why it matters

Rapid7's ISMS is ISO 27001 certified. This certification validates that our security strategy and processes meet very high standards and underscores our commitment to corporate and customer data security.

2 min IoT

Get your head in the cloud(s)

Many organizations are in the midst of adopting the cloud faster than ever before; it’s arguably mission critical for their success and longevity.

1 min Android

Leaked Android Platform Certificates Create Risks for Users

A new report contains 10 different platform certificates and malware sample SHA256 sums where the malware sample had been signed by a platform certificate.

2 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: 12/2/22

ProxyNotShell This week's Metasploit release includes an exploit module for CVE-2022-41082, AKA ProxyNotShell by DA-0x43-Dx4-DA-Hx2-Tx2-TP-S-Q, Orange Tsai , Piotr Bazydło , Rich Warren , Soroush Dalili , and our very own Spencer McIntyre . The vulnerability CVE-2022-41082, AKA ProxyNotShell is a deserialization flaw in Microsoft Exchang

8 min Velociraptor

Velociraptor Version 0.6.7: Better Offline Collection, Encryption, and an Improved NTFS Parser Dig Deeper Than Ever

Rapid7 is excited to announce the release of version 0.6.7 of Velociraptor – an advanced, open-source digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool.

3 min Security Operations (SOC)

Powerlifting in the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

If your SOC hasn’t been running smoothly in a while, there’s likely multiple reasons why. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing you can do about it. An MDR provider could help you weather the talent gap.