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How to find Ivanti EPMM (MobileIron Core)

How to find Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) with runZero  

On July 24th, Ivanti announced that their Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM, formerly MobileIron Core) product versions 11.10 and prior contain a critical authentication bypass vulnerability. Successfully exploiting this vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to access users’ personally identifiable information (PII) and make changes to the vulnerable server.

There is evidence that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

What is Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM)?

Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) is a mobile management software product that helps organizations set policies for mobile devices, applications, and content. It was formerly known as MobileIron Core.
What is the impact?
An unauthenticated remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability would be able to retrieve users’ personally identifiable information (PII) and make changes to the vulnerable server. This is due to an authentication bypass vulnerability, meaning that in some cases an attacker can bypass authentication controls.

With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is considered critical. There is evidence that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild and this vulnerability has been added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Are updates available?

Ivanti has released a patch for this vulnerability and issued guidance for customers on how to upgrade.

How do I find potentially vulnerable Ivanti Endpoint Management Mobile services with runZero?

EPMM can be found by navigating to the Services Inventory and using the following pre-built query to locate EPMM services on your network:

	_asset.protocol:http AND protocol:http AND html.title:"Ivanti User Portal: Sign In"

Starting with runZero 3.10.10, from the Asset Inventory use the following pre-built query to locate EPMM services on your network:

	product:”Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile”

Results from the above query should be triaged to determine if they require patching.
As always, any prebuilt queries are available from your runZero console. Check out the documentation for other useful inventory queries.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

Going beyond: The cybersecurity tools hindering effective cyber asset management

IT and security teams rely on an array of cybersecurity tools to manage their network assets. However, these tools often fall short of providing a comprehensive and detailed asset inventory. Consequently, as an organization’s attack surface evolves, the risk of undiscovered or unmanaged assets increases, heightening the potential for network infiltration. 

The 2023 State of Cyber Assets Report uncovered a remarkable 133% year-over-year growth in cyber assets for organizations, surging from an average of 165,000 in 2022 to 393,419 in 2023. This rapid increase in assets resulted in a staggering 589% rise in security vulnerabilities or unresolved findings, accentuating the snowball effect caused by more than doubling the number of assets.

As organizations incorporate an ever-growing number of devices, their attack surface inevitably expands. Thus, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the status of each connected asset becomes crucial.

Each article linked below highlights the limitations of various types of cybersecurity tools for asset management, contrasting them with runZero—an all-encompassing cyber asset management solution that surpasses them all by comparison.

Inefficient cyber asset management tools

  1. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents

    EDR works well for endpoint protection but not asset inventory. When incident responders find assets that are compromised but can’t find them in the asset inventory, many teams realize that they went down the wrong path.

  2. Spreadsheets

    Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets can be an easy first step to track asset data for an IT environment, but they fail entirely as an efficient cyber asset management solution. Spreadsheets require manual data collection resulting in inconsistent attributes, outdated information, lack of detail and incomplete inventory.

  3. Vulnerability scanners

    Some try to build an asset inventory using vulnerability scanners. Beyond a lack of detail, vulnerability scanners sometimes simply get it wrong; crashing devices, providing a backward-looking view, finding phantom assets, among other concerns. Leading vulnerability scanners simply do not provide a full, accurate, current asset inventory in everyday practice.

  4. Configuration Management Database (CMBD)

    CMDBs are designed to track data relating to managed IT assets, such as routers, switches, or servers. However, according to Gartner, only 25% of organizations achieve meaningful value with their CMDBs. Beyond incompleteness, data inaccuracy is also a major concern. If you are relying on your CMDB to be a source of truth, you need to be able to trust the information in it. The data in a CMDB will only be as good as its sources.

  5. Network Access Control (NAC)

    IT and security teams often depend on data from NAC’s and associated network aggregation tools for asset inventory. However, they are designed to control access to the network, an entirely different task from building a comprehensive inventory of devices on the network. If a compromised asset cannot be found in the inventory, it indicates that NACs are suboptimal for asset discovery; a fundamental component of cyber asset management.

  6. Free network scannersMost free network scanners don’t scale easily out of the box, often requiring custom databases and scripts to make them suitable for continuous monitoring and collecting inventory from multiple segments or sites.

Why effective cyber asset management matters

In the ever-changing digital landscape of an organization, prioritizing cyber asset management is essential for ensuring the resilience and continuity of operations, as well as safeguarding the reputation and trust of the organization, its stakeholders and the data with which it governs.

It’s foundational to cybersecurity 

You simply need to know about the assets on your network before you can manage them. Before effective asset management can take place, it is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of the assets on your network. By accurately identifying, tracking, and protecting critical assets, organizations can proactively defend against cyber threats, minimize vulnerabilities, and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information.

Preparation is key 

IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 shares that the global average cost of a data breach in 2023 was USD 4.45 million, a 15% increase over 3 years.

By integrating a comprehensive asset inventory into business continuity planning, organizations can effectively identify and prioritize the protection of vital assets crucial for maintaining operations during disasters or disruptions. This proactive strategy enhances the organization’s resilience during times of crisis.

It’s required by regulations and insurance

Various industries, including healthcare, energy, financial services, and government, are all subject to specific regulatory or insurance requirements related to asset management and data protection. A comprehensive asset inventory helps organizations ensure compliance. It enables them to demonstrate their efforts in safeguarding sensitive information and critical infrastructure, thereby avoiding legal penalties and reputational damage.

Take the SolarWinds supply chain attack in 2020, for example. This sophisticated attack involved hackers compromising the software supply chain of SolarWinds, a prominent IT management software provider. The attackers injected malicious code into SolarWinds’ Orion platform updates, which were then distributed to thousands of the company’s customers, major corporations, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security to name just a few.

Not only did SolarWinds report upwards of $3.5 million in expenses related to incident investigation and remediation, they were subject to numerous lawsuits, domestic and foreign. Including an investigation into the possible breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and other data protection and privacy regulations.

It’s the bedrock of business operations

On the financial aspect, maintaining an asset inventory empowers organizations to monitor their IT investments and infrastructure effectively. Comprehensive knowledge of all assets enables teams to make informed decisions regarding upgrades or replacements for outdated assets, prioritize patching and updates, and avoid unnecessary expenses on redundant or non-essential devices.

Presidio, a global digital services and solutions found immediate success with runZero, using it to onboard clients to their managed service programs. With runZero, they were able to eliminate spreadsheets, thereby reducing the amount of time spent manually collecting client data. Instead, they can focus on delivering outcomes for their clients.

runZero: a complete cyber asset management solution

runZero is a cyber asset management solution that includes CAASM functionality. It combines integrations with EDR and other sources with a proprietary network scanner that is fast and safe even on fragile IoT and OT networks.

runZero scales up to millions of devices, and it’s easy to try. The free 21-day trial even downgrades to a free version for personal use or organizations with less than 256 devices.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

New podcasts: Safely scanning OT environments with runZero

The OT (Operational Technology) sector faces significant challenges when it comes to network scanning. OT systems frequently utilize proprietary protocols that may not be compatible with legacy scanners. Consequently, this incompatibility significantly hinders the effective scanning and information gathering from OT devices. As a result, the asset inventory obtained is often incomplete or inaccurate, posing a major security risk.

Fortunately, runZero avoids aggressive scan tactics, which could destabilize certain IT and OT devices. With runZero, organizations of all types can safely create comprehensive and detailed asset inventories without any disruptions.

How does runZero safely scan OT environments?

runZero employs an innovative incremental fingerprinting approach specifically designed to identify and handle fragile devices effectively. When a fragile device is detected, the method is automatically adjusted to ensure safe scanning. Unlike other scanners that may utilize security probes, runZero’s proprietary scan technology solely utilizes well-formed IP packets. This approach eliminates the risk of disrupting critical operations or causing downtime.

Thanks to its unique and reliable method, runZero has garnered a large and satisfied customer base in various industries including manufacturing, energy, and healthcare. These customers confidently conduct regular scans in their OT environments without encountering any issues.

For a more in-depth understanding of runZero’s approach to OT environments, we invite you to listen to the two podcasts below, featuring runZero founders HD Moore and Chris Kirsch, respectively.

runZero’s approach to scanning ‘fragile devices’ – HD Moore and Dale Peterson on Unsolicited Response podcast

In this episode HD Moore and Dale Peterson spend the first third of the show talking about Metasploit; early reaction, OT modules, and whether Metasploit is still necessary and useful today.

The conversation then shifts to creating asset inventories in IT and OT environments, a core feature of runZero.

Below is a summary of the main talking points in this podcast:

  • Why HD decided to run back into the cybersecurity startup world?
  • How it started as a solo shop with HD writing all the code.
  • How HD thinks Shodan and runZero are different.
  • What technique runZero uses to ‘scan’. A term that many fear in OT.
  • The OT reaction to this type of scanning.
  • What role uses the runZero product?

runZero adds passive scanning for OT networks – Chris Kirsch on the Risky Business podcast

In this Risky Business News sponsor interview Tom Uren talks to Chris Kirsch about how runZero has evolved from an IT network active scanning product to one that can now discover assets on OT and cloud environments using both active and passive scanning approaches.

Play runZero OT minesweeper and win a prize!

There is still time left to play runZero’s OT Minesweeper!

The top three players will win one of the following prizes:

  1. Flipper Zero
  2. Bash Bunny
  3. Alfa Wifi Card

runZero is safe for OT environments, but legacy scanners are not!

In this game, you are a legacy scanner with 30 seconds (and ten total attempts) to recon the network without getting noticed in the fastest time. Just don’t crash any OT devices!

Play OT Minesweeper!

  • Promotion ends: August 11th 2023 at 11:59 pm CST
  • Winners will be announced at DEF CON 2023

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

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 late 2022, these two new vulnerabilities (tracked as CVE-2023-34329 and CVE-2023-34330) can be exploited and chained together to yield unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable targets. These vulnerabilities could impact many devices, as MegaRAC BMCs are popular across a number of manufacturers and appear in products from AMD, Asus, Dell EMC, Gigabyte, HPE, Lenovo, Nvidia, and more.  

What is an A MI MegaRAC BMC? 

MegaRAC baseboard management controllers (BMCs) provide “lights out” management capabilities for remotely monitoring and managing servers. Manufactured by American Megatrends International (AMI), MegaRAC BMCs include a service processor and network connection that operate separately from the server they are connected to. Modern MegaRAC BMC firmware includes support for the Redfish API.

What is the impact? 

These two newly disclosed vulnerabilities involve the Redfish service running on the MegaRAC:

  • Authentication Bypass via HTTP Header Spoofing (CVE-2023-34329; CVSS score 9.1 – “critical”)
  • Code injection via Dynamic Redfish Extension (CVE-2023-34330; CVSS score 8.2 – “high”)

CVE-2023-34329 can be exploited with specially crafted HTTP headers to trick the Redfish service into believing the request is coming from an interface that does not require authentication, such as USB0. On systems which have the No Auth option enabled, these spoofed headers will allow attackers to access and interact with any Redfish API endpoints.

CVE-2023-34330 can be exploited via an HTTP POST action to execute arbitrary code on the MegaRAC processor. While this code-execution-via-POST was an intentional design choice by AMI, it likely was intended for internal development only. However, it is enabled by default in vulnerable versions of the firmware, making it available to a broader audience.

Chaining exploitation of the two above vulnerabilities together can provide attackers with unauthenticated remote code execution and full control over a vulnerable MegaRAC target. Following successful exploitation, attackers can establish persistence, perform data exfiltration, perform lateral movement in the network, deploy malware, and more. Attackers can also perform a denial of service by forcing the server into a reboot loop or even bricking the system so it will no longer properly function.

Are updates available? 

AMI has made patched firmware available in versions SPx_12.4 and SPx_13.2. Admins should update MegaRAC BMCs to the newer firmware as soon as possible.

Eclypsium Research also shared mitigations to help reduce the chance of a successful attack, including:

  • Ensuring all remote server management network interfaces are NOT exposed externally and operate on networks dedicated to management traffic only.
  • Ensuring access to remote server management network interfaces is restricted to administrative users via ACLs or firewalls per Zero Trust Architecture principles.

Additionally, U.S. government agencies and contractors legally required to comply with CISA’s Binding Operational Directive 23-02 should note required guidance to follow (similar to the aforementioned mitigation steps).

How do I find potentially vulnerable MegaRAC BMCs with runZero? 

From the Asset inventory, use the following prebuilt query to locate MegaRAC BMC instances in your network:

hw:megarac

Results from the above query should be triaged to verify if those assets are running updated firmware versions.

As always, any prebuilt queries are available from your runZero console. Check out the documentation for other useful inventory queries.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

The best free network scanners for security teams in 2023

Knowing what’s connected to a network is important for securing your organization. There are a fair amount of free and commercial options out there. We see security teams using a mix of runZero, Nmap (sometimes with Zenmap), Angry IP and Masscan. 

In this article, we compare and contrast several free tools and provide our take on why we believe runZero is best suited for corporate security teams – particularly teams that are looking to gain continuous visibility into their asset inventory for risk management, incident response, and penetration testing purposes.

Best free network scanners compared (2023) #

 runZero
(Recommended)		Nmap & ZenmapAngry IPMasscan
Best forContinuous and scalable cyber asset managementAd-hoc network discovery and security auditingEasy scan of a local network to see which IPs are upResearch scans of the entire Internet
Graphical user interface•••○
Internal database•◐◐○
Scalable deployment (distributed architecture)•○○○
Scan by IP range (internal & external)••••
Scan by domain•○○○
Scan by ASN•○○○
Identifies hardware platform•○○○
Covers managed on-premise assets••••
Covers unmanaged / IoT assets•◐◐◐
Safely scans OT assets•○○○
Covers cloud assets•◐◐◐
Covers remote assets•○○○
On-premise deployment••••
SaaS deployment•○○○
Free option available••••
Paid option available•◐○○
Supported platformsWindows, Linux,
macOS, BSD		Windows, Linux, macOS, BSDJVMWindows, Linux, macOS, BSD
Programming languageGoCJavaC

runZero

runZero was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit, to help solve the problem of discovering both managed and unmanaged devices on the network. The product has grown to a full cyber asset management solution that covers managed and unmanaged IT/IoT, OT environments, cloud assets, and remote devices. runZero offers a free enterprise trial that downgrades to the free Starter Edition, which is used by more than 20,000 individuals and organizations.

runZero is enterprise grade in terms of its user interface, query language, and ability to collect an inventory even in highly distributed environments without having to write scripts or maintain a custom database. Like all of the other scanners in this article, its scans are unauthenticated but yield a surprising amount of depth of information, such as fully searchable attributes for all services, hardware and firmware details, as well as layer 2 and 3 network topologies. In addition, the solution can use SNMP credentials as well as integrations with vulnerability scanners, EDR, MDM, directories and other solutions to provide deeper insights into cyber assets and their security posture. runZero also provides integrations with CMDB and SIEM solutions to enrich asset inventory on other platforms.

runZero’s scanning technology is safe to use in many OT environments, making it an ideal passive discovery option for critical infrastructure OT environments.

Best for
  • Continuous and scalable cyber asset management
Advantages
  • Easy to deploy and scalable for larger organizations
  • Free Starter Edition for up to 256 assets (including commercial use)
  • Safe to use on fragile OT & IoT devices
  • Accurate OS & hardware fingerprinting
  • Paid editions offers integrations with security and IT infrastructure as well as coverage of cloud & remote assets in addition to on-premise devices
Drawbacks
  • Use above 256 assets requires paid license (free trial available)

Nmap and Zenmap

Nmap has been around for 25 years and is the gold standard for ad-hoc network scanning. The free and open source utility is most often used for network discovery and security auditing. It integrates with many other security auditing tools, such as Metasploit.

Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime.

In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap).
The Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) is one of Nmap’s most powerful and flexible features. It allows users to write simple scripts for network discovery, more sophisticated version detection, and vulnerability detection. NSE can even be used for vulnerability exploitation.

Best for
  • Ad-hoc network discovery and security auditing
  • Security researchers that want to write nmap scripts for custom projects
Advantages
  • Very well known and documented
  • Most flexible option of all tools due to configurability
  • Extensible through the Network Scanning Engine
  • Free for private and commercial use
Drawbacks
  • Command line can be complex to use
  • Can disrupt fragile OT/IoT devices
  • Paid license required for hardware and software vendors that wish to distribute Nmap with their solution
  • Must be scripted for continuous use

Angry IP

Angry IP Scanner is an open-source network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports. It is widely used by network administrators.

Angry IP is a good solution for teams that are looking for the fastest and easiest way to see which IPs are in use on a network. However the solution doesn’t provide a lot of information about each device, limited to IP, ping time, hostname, ports, TTL, MAC address, filtered ports, NetBIOS.

Best for
  • Easy scan of a local network to see which IPs are up
Advantages
  • Very quick and easy to get going for an an ad-hoc scan
Drawbacks
  • Little information about each asset
  • Not scalable for larger or distributed environments
  • Can disrupt fragile OT/IoT devices

Masscan

Masscan is a port scanner that can cover the entire Internet in under 5 minutes by using asynchronous transmission, sending 10 million packets per second from a single machine. It is purely a command-line tool and its usage is similar to Nmap. While Nmap is more often used to scan individual machines and smaller IP ranges, Masscan is primarily used for very large IP ranges.

Best for
  • Research scans of the entire Internet on a small handful of ports
Advantages
  • Lightning-fast scans of large IP ranges
Drawbacks
  • Command-line only
  • Very little information on each asset
  • Not suitable for internal asset inventory
  • Can disrupt fragile OT/IoT devices
  • Must be scripted for continuous use

Most free network scanners don’t scale easily out of the box, often requiring custom databases and scripts to make them suitable for continuous monitoring and collecting inventory from multiple segments or sites. Out of the mix of tools, only runZero comes with a central repository and a distributed system of Explorers to scan all parts of a network, from inside and outside the firewall.

While all of the scanners we looked at are robust and suitable for their specific use cases, runZero is the best option for corporate security teams. runZero wins on flexibility of deployment, ease of use, and scalability for larger organizations. If your security team consists of more than one person or your organization operates at more than one physical location, runZero is for you.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

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 unauthenticated remote code execution on vulnerable NetScaler targets (CVE-2023-3519). Compromised organizations include a critical infrastructure entity in the U.S., where attackers gained access last month and successfully exfiltrated Active Directory data. And at the time of publication, there appear to be over 5,000 public-facing vulnerable NetScaler targets. 

What are Citrix NetScaler ADCs and Gateways? #

NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC), formerly known as Citrix ADC, acts in a number of capacities to ensure reliable application delivery to users. This can include load balancing across application servers, off-loading of certain operations, security protections, and policy enforcement.

NetScaler Gateway, formerly known as Citrix Gateway, provides single sign-on (SSO) from any device to multiple applications through a single URL.

What is the impact? #

The three reported vulnerabilities affecting NetScaler ADC and Gateway products are of various types, and each include different preconditions required for exploitation:

  • Unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2023-3519; CVSS score 9.8 – “critical”)
    • Successful exploitation requires the NetScaler target be configured as a Gateway (VPN virtual server, ICA Proxy, CVPN, or RDP Proxy) or “authentication, authorization, and auditing” (AAA) virtual server.
  • Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) (CVE-2023-3466; CVSS score 8.3 – “high”)
    • Successful exploitation requires the victim to be on the same network as the vulnerable NetScaler target when the victim loads a malicious link (planted by the attacker) in their web browser.
  • Privilege escalation to root administrator (nsroot) (CVE-2023-3467; CVSS score 8.0 – “high”)
    • Successful exploitation requires an attacker having achieved command-line access on a vulnerable NetScaler target.

U.S.-based CISA has reported attackers exploiting CVE-2023-3519 to install webshells used in further network exploration and data exfiltration, causing CVE-2023-3519 to be added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Other common attacker goals, like establishing persistence, lateral movement, and malware deployment, are potential outcomes following successful exploitation.

Are updates available? #

Citrix has made patched firmware updates available. Admins should update older firmware on vulnerable NetScaler devices as soon as possible.

CISA has also made additional information available around indicators of compromise and mitigations.

How do I find potentially vulnerable NetScaler instances with runZero? #

From the Asset inventory, use the following prebuilt query to locate NetScaler instances in your network:

hw:netscaler or os:netscaler

Results from the above query should be triaged to verify they are affected ADC or Gateway products and if they are running updated firmware versions.

You can also use the following query in your Software and Services inventory pages to locate NetScaler software:

product:netscaler

Results from the above query should be triaged to verify they are affected ADC or Gateway products and if they are updated versions.

As always, any prebuilt queries are available from your runZero console. Check out the documentation for other useful inventory queries.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

Why NACs are inadequate for cyber asset management

Asset inventory is foundational to security: before you protect a device, you must know about it. You may rely on data from your network access control (NAC) and associated network aggregation tools to provide your asset inventory. However, if you’ve found compromised assets but can’t find them in your asset inventory, you may have realized that NACs aren’t the best at asset discovery. Allowing or denying access to the network on Layer 2 is their primary function, but finding everything on your network is a different problem. Let’s examine why.

NACs have limited visibility to endpoints on the network #

Cyber asset management aims to maintain a complete inventory of everything connected to your network, from IT to OT, cloud to remote devices. NACs, such as ISE, FortiNAC, CounterACT, and Portnox, employ discovery methods that miss and mis-fingerprint devices.
  1. Listening to broadcasts NACs listen for endpoint attributes directly via a couple of broadcast protocols: CDP/LLDP and DHCP. Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and its vendor-agnostic cousin Linked Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) primarily provide information about networking devices or phones only. The standard Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) only provides information about an endpoint’s IP address, operating system, and MAC addresses.
  2. Direct network calls NACs collect attributes from individual hosts rather than a network-wide scan. They use many protocols: DNS, HTTP, RADIUS, and SNMP. Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) also provides low-level information like MAC, IP address, and location information. Domain Name System (DNS) only provides information about hostnames and IP addresses. If a web service exists, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) can provide additional details like application type, operating system, software vendor, and software revision. DNS and HTTP must work alongside other discovery methods since NACs require IP-to-MAC mappings for each endpoint.
  3. Nmap Nmap is the gold standard for ad-hoc network scanning. Network discovery and security auditing are frequent use cases for this free and open-source utility. However, it has some challenges for general asset discovery at scale.
  4. Passive network monitor Deploying one or more appliances on a network to eavesdrop on network traffic is a common technique. To make it work, you must send network traffic to the appliance(s) through switch reconfiguration or tap insertions. It’s important to note that network location matters. Eavesdropping at a network “choke point” is ideal since it ensures visibility into all traffic. However, the fingerprints lack precision and accuracy if an asset rarely talks on the network or is terse. As more devices encrypt traffic, the fingerprinting accuracy gets worse.
  5. NetFlow NetFlow is a (marginally) cheaper and easier alternative to a passive network monitor. It collects and stores only Layer 2-4 information, such as source and destination IP and ports, as well as MAC address.
  6. Agent All NAC vendors provide agents (e.g., AnyConnect, FortiNAC agent, SecureConnector, AgentP). Even NAC solutions that claim to be agentless include them. Running software on the endpoint provides a wealth of details that help NACs apply granular policies, which works well for managed devices if IT can install the agent.
  7. Credentialed queries Some NAC will log in to a device via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to profile it. Similar to agents, this approach gives a lot of details. Unfortunately, you need to know the credentials first, which means this only works well for managed IT devices.
Note: Organizations rarely use CDP and Nmap in production for NACs, but I’ve included them here for completeness.

Incomplete asset inventory: why NACs fall short #

The current methods of discovery may overlook assets and incorrectly identify them. Broadcasts aren’t propagated over the network and don’t give a broad view of assets. Direct network calls and Nmap (as used by NACs) only provide additional details about devices already known to the NAC. Passive network monitors and NetFlow collectors, despite the effort invested, provide limited detail. Agents are great, but only for managed IT devices.
  1. Unmanaged IT machines NACs do not cover these servers, laptops, and desktops. Either the installation got missed, or nobody knew that these machines existed. The other methods won’t tell you much more than an IP address, MAC address, and operating system.
  2. Corporate IoT Offices contain many IoT devices that can’t install an NAC agent because the platform is not supported. The NAC uses alternative discovery methods to identify a device only as a Linux machine or an IoT platform device (such as Espressif or Raspberry Pi). But they could be anything. Think of your printer, IP phone, video conferencing device, thermostat, surveillance camera, and door controller that lets you in when you swipe your access badge. Knowing the hardware matters in a security investigation.
  3. OT equipment Usually, industry-specific operational technology (OT) includes warehouse technology, production lines, biomedical equipment, and energy transmission. A programmable logic controller (PLC) that controls the production-line robot does not support installing an agent.
Here’s an example of device details detected by a leading NAC:
  • Hostname: dev
  • Operating system: Windows 7 SPI1
  • VLAN: 77
  • Current switch: 1.1.1.1
  • Connection: Up
  • Location: Office
  • First Seen: 05/24/2023 at 10:39 AM
  • Last Seen: 05/24/2023 at 10:39 AM
  • IPv4 Address: 192.168.40.248
  • MAC Address: 00:0c:29:59:c4:65
Asset information from leading NAC includes the IP and MAC addresses and the network location of the discovered device.
By contrast, runZero provides a great deal of detail by default:
runZero shows much richer information about networked devices than NAC profiling (without agents).

Asset detail comparison: Leading NACs vs. runZero #

Let’s compare and contrast what each solution found:
Leading NACs (without agents or credentialed queries) runZero
First seen ⏺ ⏺
Last seen ⏺ ⏺
IP address ⏺ ⏺
Secondary IPs ○ ⏺
MAC address ⏺ ⏺
Seen by sensor/scanner ⏺ ⏺
Device type ◐ ⏺
Operating system ⏺ ⏺
Hardware ○ ⏺
Risk ○ ⏺
Outlier score ○ ⏺
Vulnerabilities ○ ⏺
Hostnames ⏺ ⏺
Domain names ○ ⏺
Ownership ○ ⏺
Recent user ○ ⏺
Open ports ○ ⏺
Searchable banners ◐ ⏺
Protocols ○ ⏺
Software products ◐ ⏺
Upstream switches & ports ⏺ ⏺
Location ◐ ⏺
Missing devices or mis-fingerprinting them become even more problematic when using NACs for enforcement. Suppose a NAC incorrectly identified an IP camera as a Linux server. Your NAC is applying policy to a camera when it’s clearly not.

Underutilizing NAC features to handle all types of devices #

Allowing and denying access to individual endpoints is a central selling point for NACs and an essential control as part of a larger zero-trust networking strategy. Organizations do one of two things to meet the challenge of partial asset inventory and vague fingerprinting regarding their NAC.
  1. Partial enforcement Without a full and accurate asset inventory, you risk booting legitimate, business-critical assets off the network. Many organizations selectively enforce based on the relative number of unmanaged devices. Enforcement is commonplace on wireless segments, more miss than hit on wired IT segments, and rare on OT segments.
  2. Exclude MAC addresses Organizations that attempt enforcement at scale must maintain a list of MAC addresses that bypass enforcement control. Keeping that list up to date is time-consuming and error-prone without a bespoke tool, which accents the depth of the problem, especially in OT environments.

NAC focuses on the LAN #

The security posture of a device viewed by the attacker is not in the scope of a NAC. They adjudicate network access which worked well in a time when most of an organization was in the corporate office. A cyber asset management solution, on the other hand, provides an inside-out and outside-in view of the inventory. This view includes the external attack surface of an asset, which can be valuable information, such as when RDP is active on a public IP.

Risks and slowdowns due to missing devices #

If you are missing assets in your inventory, you can’t actively manage your security posture. You can only successfully find EOL devices, insecure configurations, and vulnerabilities if you know about all your network’s devices. Asset inventory gaps can impede quick action by causing delays when identifying potentially compromised devices on specific IP addresses. Still, you can’t figure out what that device is. You lose valuable hours while the bad guys get deeper into your network. An accurate, complete cyber asset inventory is crucial.

A cyber asset management solution that covers assets from IT to OT, cloud to remote devices #

runZero is a cyber asset management solution that includes CAASM functionality. It combines integrations with EDR and other sources with a proprietary network scanner that is fast and safe even on fragile IoT and OT networks. runZero scales up to millions of devices, but it’s easy to try. The free 21-day trial even downgrades to a free version for personal use or organizations with less than 256 devices. Find out what’s connected to your network in less than 20 minutes.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

How to find OpenSSL 1.1 instances

How to find OpenSSL 1.1 instances 

On September 11th, the venerable OpenSSL 1.1.1 reached its end of life date.
That means that it will no longer be receiving publicly-available security fixes.
Users without a third-party extended support contract will no longer receive security fixes or updates.

With this end-of-life announcement, no versions of OpenSSL prior to 3.0.0 are publicly supported.

What is OpenSSL?

OpenSSL is a library that implements a large variety of security functionality, including the Transport Layer Security (TLS) cryptographic protocol that underlies most secure protocols on the Internet like HTTPS.
It also provides the cryptographic functionality needed to compute secure hashes, validate certificates, and perform various other critical operations involving cryptography.

(The early versions of TLS were known as the Secure Sockets Layer, hence “SSL” in the name.)

OpenSSL is extremely widely deployed, and is built into or included by default in a large number of operating systems and distributions.
It is present in countless embedded and mobile devices, and is used by the majority of websites on the Internet to secure their traffic.

Despite (or because of) its popularity, numerous vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenSSL over the years.
Perhaps most famously, the Heartbleed vulnerability, disclosed in 2014, allowed for sensitive memory disclosure.

Are updates available?

OpenSSL 3.0.0 is available and publicly supported until 2026, while OpenSSL 3.1.0 is available and publicly supported until 2025.
A migration guide has been made available to ease upgrades to these new versions.

How do I find older versions of OpenSSL with runZero?

Detecting OpenSSL can be difficult, since it is a library used by countless other software products.
However, runZero’s advanced scanning and fingerprinting is often able to detect the OpenSSL version used by analyzing the telltale features of cryptographic exchanges.

To find services running on your network that use OpenSSL 1.1.1 or earlier, you can use the following query in the runZero asset inventory:

	tls.stack:"openssl=1.1"

Results from the above query should be triaged to determine if they require patching or vendor intervention.

As always, any prebuilt queries are available from your runZero console. Check out the documentation for other useful inventory queries.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

runZero 3.10: New integrations page, UX improvements, Black Hat 2023!

What’s new in runZero 3.10: #

  • Integrations page and menu updates
  • Redesigned Explorer detail page
  • Coming soon!

Integrations page and menu updates #

Previously, runZero customers used the Connect and Export menus to find and utilize integrations in the runZero console. As of 3.10 the Connect drop-down menu has been renamed to Integrate, and a new page has been added to the left menu bar titled Integrations. The integrations page displays all available integrations for runZero, with direct links to documentation and configuration pages where applicable. The integrations page shows not only the inbound integrations for runZero but our outbound and custom integrations as well, all in one place. We hope this change makes it easier for new and existing customers to configure integrations. It also showcases how runZero can work with other products and technologies in your ecosystem.

Redesigned Explorer detail page #

Officially released in 3.9.6, a redesign of the Explorer detail page refreshes the view of all existing details, and allows runZero users to view Explorer tasks and their status from the details page. Additionally, you can now edit Explorer details directly from the details page.

Coming soon: Want to see what we’ve been devOTing ourselves to lately? #

We have a new feature coming in August to assist with discovering fragile devices in OT environments and beyond. Our R&D teams have worked hard these past few months to make this a reality, and we’re excited to introduce it! Are you curious about our new OT capabilities? Are you going to Black Hat? Reach out to us to schedule an appointment and hear all about it.

Protocol improvements #

Through this release the research team has added or improved the following items:
  • Improved discovery of SSDP services providing visibility into devices that may need those services disabled
  • Added additional data extraction capabilities to our SSDP and UPnP probes
  • Added detection of SOCKS proxies
  • Improved our detection and handling of spoofed/invalid NTLMSSP versions in the SMB probe

Fingerprint improvements #

New fingerprints were added for products by Debian, DW, FRRouting Project, Google, Huawei, IADea, IBM, IndigoVision, ISC, Lexmark, MiniDLNA Project, Netgear, Nokia, ONVU Technologies Group, OpenBSD, Palo Alto Networks, QSI, ServerTech, Siemens, Siqura, Sony, StarSat, Tycho, and Ubiquiti.

Rapid response #

The research team published a blog post about finding vulnerable instances of the Fortinet SSL VPN in response to the publication of a critical vulnerability that could allow remote unauthenticated exploitation.

Release notes #

The runZero 3.10 release includes a rollup of all the 3.9.x updates, which includes all of the following features, improvements, and updates.

New features #

  • An integrations page has been added to improve visibility and simplify configuration.
  • An update to the Trends tab of Attack Surface Management graphs has been added to show enhanced date and time data.

Product improvements #

  • Assets with hostnames starting with a numeric prefix are now allowed to merge.
  • Inventory searches using keyword organization properly warn that it cannot be used unless either that specific organization or the All Organizations option are chosen from the drop-down in the upper right of the console.
  • Improved detection of various printer models.
  • The Explorer details page has been redesigned.
  • Improved database performance for asset, site, and organization delete operations.
  • Improved database performance for outlier and vulnerability processing.
  • Improved database performance for concurrent integration processing.
  • Additional MAC address detection through SSDP and UPnP services.
  • Improved operating system and hardware fingerprinting of Palo Alto Networks devices.
  • Trial accounts can now create Custom Integrations.
  • Discovery of SSDP services has been improved.
  • Improved handling of email send errors.
  • Asset correlation has been improved for switches with overlapping MAC addresses.
  • Improved detection of AIX systems.
  • Reduced OS fingerprinting false positives against assets with non-Microsoft SMB stacks.
  • Improved handling of login tokens.

Integration improvements #

  • Improved import of assets from Azure Active Directory.

Bug fixes #

  • A bug that could cause the MDNS probe to panic in limited scenarios has been resolved.
  • An issue that could result in the old Explorer details pages being shown has been resolved.
  • A bug preventing Microsoft 365 Defender OAuth Client Credential tokens from accessing Azure government environments has been resolved.
  • A bug that could result in invalid Last Seen values for Rapid7 assets has been resolved.
  • A bug that could lead to stale service entries has been resolved.
  • A bug causing some goals to return an error has been resolved.
  • An issue that could prevent alert rule actions from modifying asset ownership based on software, service, or vulnerability query results is resolved.
  • An issue where dynamic content did not have the header Cache-Control: no-store has been resolved.
  • A bug has been fixed that could cause scans to be dropped with explorer failed to queue task when the Explorer was already handling the configured maximum number of simultaneous scans.
  • A bug causing the task start time to be shown for the scan start time has been resolved.
  • A bug that could prevent the creation of new goals has been resolved.
  • A bug that could prevent those with the annotator role from viewing or modifying Asset Ownership has been resolved.
  • An issue that could prevent navigation to the Account settings page has been resolved.
  • A bug causing JavaScript errors to be thrown when adding or editing Google Workspace connector tasks has been resolved.
  • A bug with thumbprint validation for the LDAP integration has been resolved and the related error messages have been improved.
  • A bug where the link to help for query syntax led to a missing page has been resolved.
  • A bug preventing the Explorer interface and addresses from being populated has been addressed.

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.

Closing the gap: Power your CMDB with cyber asset management for better ROI

A proactive security program begins with knowing what is on your network through a comprehensive asset inventory. Instead of searching for a fit-for-purpose solution, many organizations use their existing configuration management database or CMDB for asset inventory. On the surface, it makes sense. CMDBs are designed to track data relating to managed IT assets, such as routers, switches, or servers. CMDBs should contain all the configuration items (CIs) needed for IT service management (ITSM), IT asset management (ITAM), or IT operations management (ITOM). 

The reality does not live up to the promise, though. According to Gartner, only 25% of organizations achieve meaningful value with their CMDBs. Let’s dig into why and how a cyber asset management solution can improve the accuracy and fullness of your CMDB data.

CMDBs store data, cyber asset management discovers assets #

CMDBs track CIs but do not discover anything themselves. CMDBs learn of these CIs through a companion discovery tool which is likely not getting the information you need. Examples of these discovery tools include ServiceNow Discovery, BMC Discovery, and Atlassian Insight Discovery.

On the other hand, a cyber asset management system discovers and maintains an accurate inventory of all assets on the network, not just IT but also IoT and OT devices. The rich data it stores on all types of assets goes beyond details relating to IT operational efficiency but also security controls, insecure configurations, vulnerabilities, and more. It’s not to be confused with ITAM, which manages the end-to-end lifecycle of assets, or ITSM, which strives to deliver IT services to end users efficiently.

Default CMDBs discovery tools cover only managed IT assets #

The majority of default CMDB discovery capabilities perform authenticated active scans against managed assets. These scans cover a limited range of devices across the IT infrastructure–including virtual machines, servers, and laptops, all managed IT. By taking the approach of relying on the CMDB’s discovery tools, you miss other critical asset types, including:

  1. Unmanaged devices:
    These devices have slipped through the cracks due to scenarios ranging from staffing changes to updates to business strategy to mergers & acquisitions. Unmanaged devices can take many forms, including shadow IT, rogue devices, and orphaned devices. If you’re only monitoring managed devices, you’re completely overlooking unmanaged devices, so you can’t keep an eye on them. Additionally, they carry with them unknown exposure or risk.
  2. Corporate IoT devices:
    In recent years, the use of IoT devices has skyrocketed in the workplace. With this surge, organizations have even more devices to manage and secure from potential threats than ever before. From internet-connected camera systems and locks to the smart fridge in the break room and temperature and humidity management systems, these can all pose additional opportunities for hackers to fly under the radar to recon the rest of your network. With only a partial view into what’s on the network, you’re missing valuable insight for full protection.
  3. OT devices:
    Businesses in industries ranging from manufacturing and energy to government and healthcare all leverage operational technology (OT) devices. They can include field devices, programmable logic controllers (PLC), and human-machine interfaces (HMIs), vital to these businesses. These devices use real-time operating systems (e.g., Wind River VxWorks), often incompatible with the authenticated scans that log in via WMI or SSH, which you find on time-sharing operating systems like Windows and Linux. Additionally, IT and security teams often intentionally exclude OT devices from active scans because they are prone to disruption. By capturing only a portion of the assets on your network, you’re left with an incomplete asset inventory.

CMDBs aren’t trusted sources for all assets if the data is inaccurate #

Beyond incompleteness, data inaccuracy is also a major concern. If you are relying on your CMDB to be a source of truth, you need to be able to trust the information in it. The data in a CMDB will only be as good as its sources.

According to Gartner, nearly one-third of CMDB challenges stem from data completeness or quality concerns due to how data is entered into the system. There are a few input methods, but the most commonly used are manual entry and authenticated active scanning. While authenticated active scans are relatively accurate for managed IT devices, they often misidentify the hardware. Manual entry, on the other hand, does not scale and is prone to error. In fact, 60% of data manually input by employees is inaccurate.

CMDBs’ challenges around completeness and accuracy compound as asset counts continue to rise. If teams struggle to keep their CMDBs up-to-date, accurate, and therefore beneficial, then it’s not a big surprise that, according to Gartner, 80% of CMDB projects have been shown to add no value to the business.

Discover the true cost of CMDBs in the infographic below.

CMDBs powered by runZero #

If your investment in a CMDB will come up short in value and ROI, how do we avoid some of these pitfalls and improve the outlook? Use a cyber asset management solution to inform and guide your CMDB. You can make the most of your investment with both solutions working together.

runZero was purpose-built to combat the challenges and requirements of cyber asset management, which is not what default CMDB discovery tools were designed to do and why they fall short. Below are the key areas where runZero can improve your CMDB accuracy:

Full Coverage #

While the default CMDB discovery tools are effective at only capturing managed IT devices, runZero performs unauthenticated active scans to safely and quickly provide a complete and accurate asset inventory of all IT, IoT, and OT devices, whether they are managed or unmanaged.

Accurate Data #

Default CMDB discovery tools rely on authenticated scanning or manual entry as their data source, which can misidentify and miss devices not on your corporate network. They are also not purpose-built for asset inventory, so their fingerprinting falls below expectations. runZero’s source of data comes from a combination of API integrations and unauthenticated active scanning, which allows for highly accurate fingerprinting and offers real-time updates and accurate data synchronization automatically for data you can trust.

Quick Time To Value #

Discovery for CMDBs typically requires large, specialized teams following a complex process consisting of many steps for successful implementation. Alternatively, getting started with runZero involves the deployment of Explorers, after which you can run initial scans. You can get started in minutes without the hassle and time of coordinating a large team effort.

An authoritative source of asset data, including IT, IoT, OT #

runZero is a cyber asset management solution that can help you build complete, comprehensive asset inventories of your managed and unmanaged assets on any network–corporate, cloud, or home–and in any infrastructure, IT, IoT, or OT. Since runZero combines APIs with active scanning, doesn’t require credentials, and has extensive fingerprinting capabilities, it can discover and identify a wider breadth of assets with far more depth. You can integrate runZero seamlessly with CMDBs, like ServiceNow, to enrich their data, or you can leverage runZero as a standalone asset inventory solution.

runZero scales up to millions of devices, but it’s easy to try. The free 21-day trial even downgrades to a free version for personal use or organizations with less than 256 devices. Find out what’s connected to your network in less than 20 minutes.

 
 

About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Limited is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company develops and distributes IT products for Internet and IP-based networks, including communication systems, Internet software, security, network, and media products. Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 Limited offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About runZero
runZero, a network discovery and asset inventory solution, was founded in 2018 by HD Moore, the creator of Metasploit. HD envisioned a modern active discovery solution that could find and identify everything on a network–without credentials. As a security researcher and penetration tester, he often employed benign ways to get information leaks and piece them together to build device profiles. Eventually, this work led him to leverage applied research and the discovery techniques developed for security and penetration testing to create runZero.