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2 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: Apr. 17, 2020

Nexus Repository Manager RCE This week our very own Will Vu wrote a module for CVE-2020-10199 which targets a remote code execution vulnerability within the Nexus Repository Manager. The vulnerability allows Java Expression Language (JavaEL) code to be executed. While the flaw requires authentication information to leverage it, any account is sufficient. This would allow any registered user to compromise the target server. Unquoted Service Path LPE Community contribu

6 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Uncooking Eggs: Manual Dridex Dropper Malicious Document Deobfuscation Methods

Learn how to analyze an obfuscated malicious document with a focus on basic static analysis.

2 min InsightVM

Nmap Service Detection for Nexpose and InsightVM Scan Engines

As of version 6.6.14 of Nexpose and InsightVM, the Scan Engine can now utilize Nmap service probes in addition to existing detection methods to improve the discovery of previously unsupported protocols and services.

6 min

Preparing for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Part 1: Practice and Process

Learn how to better understand the terms and structure of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).

3 min Risk Management

Meet AttackerKB

Meet AttackerKB: a new community-driven resource that highlights diverse perspectives on which vulnerabilities make the most appealing targets for attackers.

2 min Vulnerability Management

Patch Tuesday - April 2020

Global working-from-home routines haven't slowed down Microsoft and its ability to help close up vulnerabilities in their products. This April Patch Tuesday (WFH-edition), Microsoft has knocked 113 vulnerabilities out of the park. It's not the highest we've seen, but it is still an impressive spread of fixes coming in this month with a fair number resolving SharePoint and Office vulnerabilities along with the

3 min Remote Working

Remote Work Readiness: How to Keep a Security Mindset

Here are some of the best practices to help your company’s staff work from home with minimal risk.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 4/10/20

Meterpreter bug fixes and five new modules, including an LPE exploit for SMBghost (CVE-2020-0796) and a BloodHound post module that gathers information (sessions, local admin, domain trusts, etc.) and stores it as a BloodHound-consumable ZIP file in Framework loot.

2 min COVID-19

Self-Isolation, Home Networking, and Open Source: Recog and Rumble

In this blog, we discuss an open source project we run here at Rapid7: Recog and its free network fingerprinting database.

7 min CIS Controls

8 Steps to Successfully Implement the CIS Top 20 Controls in Your Organization

Eight practical steps to help you implement key controls into your organization. Get started now!

7 min Microsoft

Phishing for SYSTEM on Microsoft Exchange (CVE-2020-0688)

As of March 24, there were over 350,000 Microsoft Exchange servers exposing a version of the software with a vulnerability.

6 min Vulnerability Management

4 Common Goals For Vulnerability Risk Management Programs

This post will give you a glimpse into the research to pinpoint under-served and unmet customer needs in the vulnerability risk management space.

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 4/3/2020

This week's release includes a local privilege escalation exploit for VMware Fusion through 11.5.3 on OS X, as well as RCE on Apache Solr and DNN cookie deserialization.

3 min SIEM

Analyze Security Data Faster with Visual Search in InsightIDR

Learn how InsightIDR, Rapid7’s SIEM tool, uses visualization to provide powerful security data analysis.

17 min Vulnerability Disclosure

Dispelling Zoom Bugbears: What You Need to Know About the Latest Zoom Vulnerabilities

In this blog, we break down what you need to know about the recent Zoom security issues and its vulnerability remediation process.