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1 min Research

Rapid7 Releases New Industry Cyber-Exposure Report (ICER): FTSE 350

We are excited to release the second report in our Industry Cyber-Exposure Report (ICER) series, which digs into cyber-exposure among organizations in the U.K.’s FTSE 350.

2 min Vulnerability Management

Rapid7 Announces General Availability for Scoped Executive Summary Report in InsightVM

InsightVM’s Executive Summary Report has proved to be a powerful tool, and we’re excited to announce that it just got better.

9 min Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday - April 2021

Patch Tuesday is here again and there are more Exchange updates to apply! A total of 114 vulnerabilities were fixed this month with more than half of them affecting all versions of Windows, with about half of them being remote code execution bugs, and about a fifth of them being rated as critical by Microsoft. Let's dive in! New Exchange Server Patches Available If you were only going to patch one thing today, please let it be this. Exchange Server has been a hot topic since the vulnerabilities

3 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2021-26908 and CVE-2021-26909: Automox Agent Information Disclosure (FIXED)

Rapid7 researcher Danny Jordan discovered two vulnerabilities in the Automox Agent for Windows and macOS.

2 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

MDR Must-Haves, Part 6: Threat Validation and Detailed Reporting

Engaging a managed security service provider—either a traditional MSSP or MDR provider—should never involve wasting your time.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 4/9/21

Spilling the (Gi)tea We have two modules coming in from cdelafuente-r7 targeting CVE-2020-14144 for both the Gitea and Gogs self-hosted Git services. Both modules are similar: they take advantage of a user's ability to create Git hooks by authenticating with the web interface, creating a dummy repos

4 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

MDR Vendor Must-Haves, Part 5: Multiple Threat Detection Methodologies, Including Deep Attacker Behavior Analysis

The best Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers use a combination of threat intelligence, User Behavior Analytics (UBA), Attacker Behavior Analytics (ABA), and human threat hunts to provide detection for threats and attackers.

2 min InsightIDR

What’s New in InsightIDR: Q1 2021 in Review

Back at the start of the year, we reflected on some of our 2020 InsightIDR product investments and took a look at what was ahead in 2021. As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, we wanted to offer a closer look at some of the recent updates and releases in InsightIDR.

5 min Emergent Threat Response

Attackers Targeting Fortinet Devices and SAP Applications

CISA and the FBI published a joint alert to warn users that APT threat actors were likely exploiting unpatched Fortinet FortiOS devices to gain initial access to government, commercial, technology, and other organizations’ networks.

3 min Kubernetes Security

Kubernetes Namespaces Are Not as Secure as You Think

A common misconception around namespaces is that they are truly separated. However, it is more likely to think of it as a police tape—you know it is there, but it is fairly easy to bypass it.

5 min Cloud Security

Looking Back and Moving Forward With Rapid7’s Cloud Security Solution

The DivvyCloud by Rapid7 team has had a busy and productive start to 2021, and we anticipate that the rest of this year will be equally exciting for our valued customers.

2 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

MDR Vendor Must-Haves, Part 4: Ingestion of Authentication Data Across Local, Domain, and Cloud Sources

There isn’t a single threat or breach that doesn’t involve attackers using legitimate credentials to cause harm.

2 min Research

Rapid7 Releases New Industry Cyber-Exposure Report (ICER): Fortune 500

Today, Rapid7 just released the first in our all-new Industry Cyber-Exposure Report (ICER) series.

3 min Application Security

What’s New in InsightAppSec and tCell: Q1 2021 in Review

Rapid7 will continue to support customers through every challenge, with new updates and avenues to help you get the most out of your application security program.

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 4/2/21

Six new modules targeting F5, SaltStack, Exchange Server, and more, plus some significant performance improvements and fixes.