Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 523
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 523

Rapid7 Incident Response Delay: KDMS Website Takeover Analysis

Calendar Oct 16, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
1 min read
General Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory incident response hacking incident website takeover rapid7
Rapid7 has acknowledged that it waited too long to take the security actions needed to prevent a pro-Palestine hacking group from taking down two of its websites by sending a fax to the sites' registrar.

The group, called KDMS, sent the phony fax Friday to Register.com, requesting a change to the IP addresses associated with the URLs of Rapid7 and Metasploit. As a result, visitors to the sites' homepages were redirected to a politically charged message.

The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available.