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Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - September 2020
129 Vulnerabilities Patched in Microsoft's September 2020 Update Tuesday
(2020-Sep Patch Tuesday)
Despite maintaining the continued high volume of vulnerabilities disclosed and
patched this month, Microsoft's 129-Vulnerability September 2020 Update Tuesday
is seemingly calm from an operations perspective -- at first glance.
While following standard procedures of scheduling the patching for Windows OSes
up front immediately closes the door against 60%+ of the vulnerabilities being
disclosed this
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InsightVM
Automated External Sonar Scanning Workflow with InsightVM
In this blog post, we discuss an external scanning strategy that you will want to implement with your InsightVM deployment.
4 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - August 2020
120 Vulnerabilities Patched in Microsoft's August 2020 Update Tuesday (2020-Aug
Patch Tuesday)
August 2020 brings along patches for 120 vulnerabilities within the standard set
of Microsoft products (Windows, Office, Browsers, and Developer Tools such as
.NET Framework, ASP.NET, and Visual Studio). Among the crowd are two
vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-1464
[https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1464]
, and CVE-2020-1380
[https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/s
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InsightVM
What’s New in InsightVM: H1 2020 in Review
Throughout the first half of the year, we released updates and features to help security teams work more effectively and efficiently in InsightVM.
3 min
Vulnerability Management
Remote Code Execution Risks in Secomea, Moxa, and HMS eWon ICS VPN Vulnerabilities: What You Need to Know
On Wednesday, July 28, 2020, researchers at Claroty released information on a number of critical remote code execution vulnerabilities across products of three industrial control system (ICS) vendors’ — HMS, Secomea, and Moxa — remote access technologies.
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Vulnerability Management
Hear from Your Peers: Advice for Your First 90 Days Using a Vulnerability Management Solution
In a recent survey with InsightVM customers, we asked them to share their best tips for the first 90 days of using a vulnerability management solution.
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Vulnerability Management
CVE-2020-3452 Cisco ASA / Firepower Read-Only Path Traversal Vulnerability: What You Need to Know
On July 22, Cisco released a patch for a high-severity read-only patch traversal vulnerability in its Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) products.
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InsightVM
Q&A from June 2020 Customer Webcast on InsightVM Custom Policy Builder
During our most recent webcast on InsightVM's Custom Policy Builder, we received a lot of great questions from attendees.
4 min
Vulnerability Management
Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350): What You Need to Know
On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Microsoft released a patch for a 17-year-old remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers discovered by Check Point researchers.
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Vulnerability Management
CVE-2020-6287: Critical Vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java
The new SAP vulnerability (RECON), a critical vulnerability affecting the SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java component LM Configuration Wizard, is a huge deal.
3 min
Vulnerability Management
12 Most Exploited Vulnerabilities: How to Navigate Vulnerabilities in a Security Program
Recently, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) laid out the 12 most exploited vulnerabilities since 2016.
3 min
InsightVM
How to Use Custom Policy Builder to Customize Password Policies in InsightVM
In this post, we are going to focus on commonly used customizations for password policies by our customers.
3 min
Vulnerability Management
How to Approach Risk Management: Advice from Rapid7 Customers
Learn how these security professionals approach risk, and their best advice for others looking to better their approach to risk management.
4 min
InsightVM
Monitor External and Remote Workforce Assets in Your Environment
In order to help our customers better track their remote workforce and external assets, we are introducing a new customizable dashboard within InsightVM.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
How Team Collaboration Can Help You Scale Vulnerability Management
In this blog post, we’ll break down how to do this through team collaboration, key processes, and good security design.