All Posts

1 min Haxmas

Happy HaXmas from the Rapid7 Team!

This year's been a weird one, but we're thrilled that we’re able to keep up our favorite holiday tradition of our annual HaXmas blog series.

4 min Vulnerability Management

The Risky Business: Rapid7 Report Highlights Need for Improved Vulnerability Management Practices

Based on the assessment of 24 service protocols, Rapid7’s NICER revealed key insights about the current state of the internet.

7 min Vulnerability Management

SolarWinds SUNBURST Backdoor Supply Chain Attack: What You Need to Know

On Dec. 12, 2020, FireEye provided detailed information on a widespread attack campaign involving a backdoored component of the SolarWinds Orion platform.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 12/11/20

This week's wrap-up covers five new modules (including scanner, execution, and disclosure modules), some good fixes and enhancements, and more!

2 min NICER Reports

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of etcd

In the latest edition of our NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series, we break down the internet exposure of etcd.

2 min InsightVM

New All Apps and Asset Report Combines Power of InsightVM and InsightAppSec for Boosted Visibility

When speaking with customers, we continue to hear that they are looking for more visibility into their vulnerability risk management activities.

5 min Under the Hoodie

2020 Under the Hoodie Report Reveals Pen Testers’ Most-Loved Vulnerabilities

Understanding the vulnerabilities that pen testers rely on will help you make sure your organization is prepared to patch particular vulnerabilities.

3 min Metasploit

Congrats to the Winners of the 2020 December Metasploit Community CTF

Thank you all that participated in the 2020 December Metasploit community CTF ! The four day CTF was well received by the community, with 874 teams and 1903 users registered! We’ve included the high-level stats and the competition winners below. If you played the CTF and want to let the Metasploit team know which challenges you found exhilarating, interesting, or infuriating (in a good way, of course), we have a feedback survey

4 min NICER Reports

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of memcached

In this edition of our NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series, we take a closer look at the internet exposure of memcached.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 12/4/20

It's CTF week(end)! Plus, steal files from Apache Tomcat servers thanks to a new Ghostcat exploit, and dump process memory with a new post module that leverages Avast AV's built-in AvDump utility.

6 min InsightVM

How to Create an OS-Based Policy Scanning Workflow in InsightVM

In this blog, we provide a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create an OS-based policy scanning workflow in InsightVM.

2 min InsightIDR

Rapid7’s InsightIDR Introduces Integration with Cybereason

As InsightIDR continues to help teams save time and drive more effective detection and response, we’re excited to announce that customers can now integrate with Cybereason

6 min Cloud Security

A Holistic Approach to Kubernetes Security and Compliance

Taking a holistic approach to security and risk is essential for any organization that uses Kubernetes or another cloud-based container platform.

3 min Vulnerability Management

Threat and Vulnerability Management Best Practices

In this blog post, we provide a high-level overview of vulnerability management and why it’s critical for modern businesses.

4 min InsightIDR

Rapid7 Recognized as a Strong Performer Among Security Analytics Providers by Leading Industry Report

We are thrilled to share that Rapid7 has been recognized as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms, Q4 2020.