About Pearce Barry
Pearce Barry is a Director of Security Research at runZero. Barry joined runZero in June 2021, working on the Metasploit Project the four years prior. Now, Pearce leads research efforts at runZero, which includes creating and improving fingerprints, adding to protocols, enhancing scanning logic, and writing queries.
July 21, 2023
How to find Citrix NetScaler
Earlier this week, Citrix alerted customers to three vulnerabilities in its NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway products. Surfaced by researchers at Resillion, these vulnerabilities include a critical flaw currently being exploited in the wild to give attackers …
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July 20, 2023
How to find MegaRAC BMCs
This week, Eclypsium Research published findings on critical vulnerabilities discovered in AMI MegaRAC baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware. Adding to the portfolio of “BMC&C” vulnerabilities that Eclypsium has been discovering and surfacing since …
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June 13, 2023
Finding Fortinet SSL-VPN
Fortinet warned customers this week of potential limited exploitation in the wild regarding a flaw affecting the SSL-VPN software component. This critical vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2023-27997) can be remotely exploited without authentication and can yield remote code or …
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June 2, 2023
Finding Barracuda Email Security Gateways
Exploitation of Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances has made the news recently, including on-going investigation into the attacks. Leveraging a zero-day vulnerability as far back as October 2022, attackers compromised ESG targets to deploy malware that created …
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April 20, 2023
Finding PaperCut MF and NG servers
PaperCut recently revealed that two products in its popular line of print server software contain severe vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild. Reported via the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, these vulnerabilities can be exploited by unauthenticated …
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February 15, 2023
Finding OpenSSH servers
The OpenSSH team surfaced a security issue earlier this month that specifically affects OpenSSH server version 9.1p1 (a.k.a. version 9.1). This version contains a memory double-free vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2023-25136) that can be reached pre-authentication by a remote …
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February 8, 2023
Finding VMware ESXi assets
This Rapid Response post covers ESXiArgs, a new strain of ransomware that is targeting VMware ESXi servers. Learn how you can find potentially affected servers on your network.
February 3, 2023
Finding Lexmark printer assets
Printer manufacturer Lexmark recently published details on a vulnerability that affects over 100 of their printer models. Learn how runZero can help you find potentially affected assets.
December 9, 2022
Finding Cisco 7800 and 8800 series IP phone assets on your network
Cisco 7800 and 8800 IP phones can be found in many companies and organizations. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can provide an unauthenticated attacker in the same network segment or VLAN with remote code execution or denial-of-service capabilities.
December 5, 2022
Finding MegaRAC BMC assets on your network
MegaRAC can be found in many server manufacturers’ Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs), including AMD, Ampere Computing, ASRock, Asus, ARM, Dell EMC, Gigabyte, HPE, Huawei, Inspur, Lenovo, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Quanta, and Tyan. Successful exploitation of these …