3 min
InsightVM
Explanation of New Authenticated Scanning PCI DSS Requirement 11.3.1.2 in PCI DSS V4.0 and how InsightVM can help meet the Requirement
As a Certified Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) company and a trusted Rapid7 partner, MegaplanIT is committed to guiding organizations through the complexities of compliance and security standards.
7 min
Incident Response
RCE to Sliver: IR Tales from the Field
Rapid7 Incident Response was engaged to investigate an incident involving unauthorized access to two publicly-facing Confluence servers that were the source of multiple malware executions.
3 min
Career Development
Paving a Path to Systems Administration: Naeem Jones’ Journey with Rapid7
Prior to becoming a Systems Administrator at Rapid7, Naeem Jones entered his career in cybersecurity through the Hack. Diversity program. Hack.
2 min
Emergent Threat Response
Critical Fortinet FortiOS CVE-2024-21762 Exploited
CVE-2024-21762 is a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiOS operating system that is known to have been exploited in the wild. Fortinet SSL VPN vulnerabilities are frequent targets for state-sponsored and other motivated adversaries.
3 min
Gartner
5 Insights from the Latest Cybersecurity Trends Research
we’ve singled out five quick insights security professionals and stakeholders should consider when looking ahead. These findings are based on Top Trends in Cybersecurity for 2024, a new research report from Gartner®.
1 min
Awards
Celebrating Excellence: Alex Page Recognized As a CRN 2024 Channel Chief
Congratulations to Rapid7’s Vice President of Global Channel Sales, Alex Page, who is named among the newly-announced CRN 2024 Channel Chiefs!
7 min
Career Development
Rapid7 in Prague: Pete Rubio Shares Insights and Excitement for the New Office
Pete Rubio is the Senior Vice President, Platform & Engineering. Here he discusses the company's newest office in Prague, Czech Republic.
3 min
Security Operations (SOC)
Building the Best SOC Takes Strategic Thinking
So your security team is ready to scale up its security operations center, or
SOC, to better meet the security needs of your organization. That’s great news.
But there are some very important strategic questions that need to be answered
if you want to build the most effective SOC you can and avoid some of the most
common pitfalls teams of any size can encounter.
The Gartner® report SOC Model Guide, is an excellent resource for understanding
how to ask the right questions regarding your securit
3 min
Emergent Threat Response
Critical CVEs in Outdated Versions of Atlassian Confluence and VMware vCenter Server
Rapid7 is highlighting two critical vulnerabilities in outdated versions of
widely deployed software this week. Atlassian disclosed
[https://confluence.atlassian.com/security/cve-2023-22527-rce-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-confluence-data-center-and-confluence-server-1333990257.html]
CVE-2023-22527, a template injection vulnerability in Confluence Server with a
maxed-out CVSS score of 10, while VMware pushed a fresh update to its October
2023 vCenter Server advisory
[https://www.vmwar
7 min
Application Security
Application Security Posture Management
In this guest blog post by Eric Sheridan, Chief Innovation Officer at valued Rapid7 partner Tromzo, you’ll learn how Rapid7 customers can utilize ASPM solutions to accelerate triaging, prioritization and remediation of findings from security testing products such as InsightAppSec and InsightCloudSec
3 min
CISOs
4 Questions for CISOs to Reduce Threat Exposure Risk
The report, 2024 Strategic Roadmap for Managing Threat Exposure, can help CISOs and other top executives steer away from risk by analyzing their attack surfaces for gaps.
2 min
Career Development
Rapid7 Recognized by Newsweek as one of ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for 2024’.
On December 13th, Newsweek Magazine published their list of ‘America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for 2024’.
10 min
Velociraptor
Velociraptor 0.7.1 Release
Rapid7 is excited to announce that version 0.7.1 of Velociraptor is live and available for download. There are several new features and capabilities that add to the power and efficiency of this open-source digital forensic and incident response (DFIR) platform.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
Mastering Industrial Cybersecurity: The Significance of Combining Vulnerability Management with Detection and Response
The convergence of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) has ushered in new efficiencies but has also exposed vulnerabilities. This article explores the pivotal role of Vulnerability Management and Detection and Response (VM/DR) in the realm of Industrial Cybersecurity.
1 min
IoT
There’s One Last Gift Under the Tree, It’s Hands-On IoT!
It’s the holiday season and since we’re in a giving mood we thought we’d surprise our loyal readers with a fun, hands-on hardware exercise to enjoy during some well-earned downtime.
