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10 min Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday - January 2022

The first Patch Tuesday of 2022 sees Microsoft publishing fixes for over 120 CVEs across the bulk of their product line, including 29 previously patched CVEs affecting their Edge browser via Chromium. None of these have yet been seen exploited in the wild, though six were publicly disclosed prior to today. This includes two Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in open source libraries that are bundled with more recent versions of Windows: CVE-2021-22947

10 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2021-20038..42: SonicWall SMA 100 Multiple Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

Over the course of routine security research, Rapid7 researcher Jake Baines discovered and reported five vulnerabilities involving the SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series of devices.

4 min Hacky Holidays 2021

The 2021 Naughty and Nice Lists: Cybersecurity Edition

We asked some of our trusty cybersecurity go-to's who and what they'd place on their industry-specific naughty and nice lists, respectively, for 2021.

6 min Log4Shell

Log4Shell Strategic Response: 5 Practices for Vulnerability Management at Scale

Where do you begin to respond to a critical vulnerability like the one in Apache’s Log4j Java library (a.k.a. Log4Shell)? Start with these 5 concepts.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: Jan. 7, 2022

Dump Windows secrets from Active Directory This week, our very own Christophe De La Fuente added an important update to the existing Windows Secret Dump module. It is now able to dump secrets from Active Directory, which will be very useful for Metasploit users. This new feature uses the Directory Replication Service through RPC to retrieve data such as SIDs, password history, Domain user NTLM hashes

7 min Threat Intel

What's New in Threat Intelligence: 2021 Year in Review

Last year marked a huge milestone with the acquisition of IntSights by Rapid7, and over the course of 2021, we continued to add value to our products.

6 min InsightIDR

What's New in InsightIDR: Q4 2021 in Review

This post offers a closer look at some of the recent releases in InsightIDR, our extended detection and response (XDR) solution, from Q4 2021.

4 min Hacky Holidays 2021

2022 Cybersecurity Predictions: The Experts Clear Off the Crystal Ball

In keeping with our yearly tradition, we sat down with some experts at Rapid7 and across the industry to get their 2022 cybersecurity predictions.

2 min Hacky Holidays 2021

Rapid7 2021 Wrap-Up: Highlights From a Year of Empowering the Protectors

We worked harder than ever in 2021 to help protectors keep their organization's infrastructure secure. Here's a rundown of some of the biggest moments.

6 min Hacky Holidays 2021

Metasploit 2021 Annual Wrap-Up

Like years past, 2021 brought some surprises and had its shared of celebrity vulnerabilities. Here's are the Metasploit highlights from last year.

6 min Hacky Holidays 2021

5 Security Projects That Are Giving Back

From white-hat hackers to those volunteering their time to make the internet a safer, more inclusive space, we've highlighted a few security-related projects that exemplify the spirit of giving back.

4 min MITRE ATT&CK

Sharing the Gifts of Cybersecurity – Or, a Lesson From My First Year Without Santa

You know who some of the best Santas on Earth are? The cybersecurity community.

3 min Application Security

Test for Log4Shell With InsightAppSec Using New Functionality

In this blog, we share how Rapid7 customers can test for Log4Shell with InsightAppSec.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: Dec. 17, 2021

A new Log4Shell / Log4j scanner module for Metasploit, a new WordPress module, and multiple enhancements and bug fixes

14 min Log4Shell

The Everyperson’s Guide to Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228)

This blog is for everyone who wants to understand what’s going on with the Log4Shell vulnerability in Log4j and why the internet seems to be on fire again.