2 min
Phishing
Detect Unknown Spear Phishing Attacks
Phishing [https://www.rapid7.com/fundamentals/phishing-attacks/] continues to be
one of the top attack vectors behind breaches, according to the latest Verizon
Data Breach Investigations Report. Sending ten phishing emails to an
organization yields a 90% chance that company credentials are compromised.
Phishing is often the first step in the attack chain, opening an organization to
stealthy credential-based attacks that allow intruders to exfiltrate
confidential data. InsightIDR now detects targ
1 min
InsightIDR
Insight Platform Now Compliant with European Data Hosting Requirement
Cloud technology is everywhere. From our annual survey, we found that 79% of
organizations are allowing approved cloud services, with Office 365, Google
Apps, and Salesforce coming in as top 3. Our full incident detection &
investigation solution, InsightIDR, our incident detection and response
solution, and InsightUBA, our user behavior analytics solution are both
cloud-based by design, and hosts in the US-based Amazon S3 cloud. Driven by
market demand, we now offer a European hosting option to
1 min
Incident Response
SANS Review of Rapid7 UserInsight (now InsightUBA) for User Behavior Analytics and Incident Response
Editor's Note - March 2016: Since this review, UserInsight has now become
InsightUBA. Along with the name change comes a completely redesigned user
interface, continuous endpoint detection, and another intruder trap to reliably
detect attacker behavior outside of logs. We also launched InsightIDR, which
combines the full power of InsightUBA with Endpoint Forensics, Machine Data
Search, and Compliance Reporting into a single solution.
User behavior analytics (UBA) is a new space that is still un
2 min
InsightIDR
4 Tips to Help Model Your Security Program to the Attack Chain
When building out next year's security initiatives, how do you prioritize and
choose projects? At Rapid7, we recommend modeling your security program to the
Attack Chain, a graphical representation of the steps required to breach a
company.
For every successful breach, whether it be from a credential-based attack,
malware, or the exploitation of a vulnerability, attackers need to perform at
least one or multiple steps in the chain. If you can detect, investigate, and
remediate the attack earl
2 min
InsightIDR
Calling Your Bluff: Behavior Analytics in Poker and Incident Detection
As a former – or dormant – professional poker player, I'm seeing a lot of
parallels between poker and incident detection, especially when it comes to
behavior analytics. Detecting a bluff in poker is really not all that different
from detecting an intruder on the network.
New solutions, like Rapid7's InsightIDR
[https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightidr/], incorporate machine learning and
user behavior analytics [https://www.rapid7.com/products/insightidr/] to detect
stealthy attacks. This is
2 min
InsightIDR
What's the difference between InsightIDR & InsightUBA?
We're now a few weeks into our InsightIDR launch, and the response has been
tremendous – thank you! The Insight Platform is purpose-built to help you detect
and investigate attacks earlier across your entire network ecosystem. InsightIDR
builds upon the tested User Behavior Analytics and full functionality in
InsightUBA (formerly UserInsight), and adds powerful log search, investigation,
and compliance dashboards for an end-to-end Incident Detection and Response
offering.
Everything in InsightU
3 min
InsightIDR
Launching InsightIDR: From compromise to containment, FAST.
We just launched InsightIDR, the only fully integrated detection and
investigation solution that lets you identify a compromise as it occurs and
complete an investigation before things get out of control. InsightIDR does
three things well: detect attacks with high fidelity, accelerate investigations,
and end the drudgery of security data management. I'd like to take a minute to
share how we got here and why we're so excited to show you InsightIDR.
Cutting through the Noise to Detect Attacks
3 min
InsightIDR
Top 5 Alternatives For SPAN or Mirror Ports
Don’t want to use SPAN ports, but still need a source of network packets? In this blog post we break down the top 5 alternatives for you to consider.
2 min
InsightIDR
Tracking Web Activity by MAC Address
In this blog post we explore the benefit of tracking web activity by MAC address. Learn more.
3 min
Incident Detection
Finding Out What Users are Doing on Your Network
One of the most common questions in IT is how to find out what users are doing on a network. We break down the common ways to monitor users on your network.