Posts tagged Vulnerability Management

3 min Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability Management in the Cloud: Addressing the AWS Shared Responsibility Model

In this post, we’ll show you what you’re responsible for securing in the cloud, how vulnerability management differs in the cloud, and how to minimize risk.

4 min InsightVM

Driving Vulnerability Remediation Through Better Collaboration with Security, IT, and DevOps Teams

If you feel anxious about the time it takes to remediate vulnerabilities, you’re not alone. These worries are very common among security professionals.

4 min Research

Active Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler (CVE-2019-19781): What You Need to Know

A a directory traversal vulnerability was announced in the Citrix Application Discovery Controller and Citrix Gateway, which would allow a remote, unauthenticated user to write a file to a location on disk.

10 min Vulnerability Management

How to Get Started with the InsightVM Integration for ServiceNow CMDB

Rapid7 is excited to announce the release of a new ServiceNow Platform application for InsightVM with the ServiceNow CMDB.

2 min Vulnerability Management

Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2020-0601): What You Need to Know

In this blog, we discuss everything you need to know about the CVE-2020-0601: Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability.

3 min Vulnerability Management

Patch Tuesday - January 2020

The first Patch Tuesday of 2020 has been hotly anticipated due to a rumour [https://twitter.com/wdormann/status/1216763957446422528] that Microsoft would be fixing a severe vulnerability in a fundamental cryptographic library. It turns out that the issue in question is indeed serious, and was reported to Microsoft by the NSA: CVE-2020-0601 [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0601] is a flaw in the way Windows validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) c

4 min InsightVM

How to Define and Communicate Vulnerability Risk Across Your Company

In this post, we discuss how to define risk, the differences between risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, and how to communicate this to leadership teams.

4 min InsightVM

Simplify Your Data Search with Query Builder in InsightVM

Query Builder is now available in InsightVM, which means gone are the days of relying solely on complex query languages like SQL or third-party tools.

3 min InsightVM

7 Vulnerability Risk Management Resolutions To Consider in the New Year

In this blog, we discuss seven Vulnerability Risk Management resolutions that all security professionals should be making in 2020.

2 min Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday - December 2019

Today we come to the end of 2019's monthly Microsoft Patch Tuesday [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/2019-Dec] (also known as Update Tuesday). This Christmas, Microsoft presents us with 36 vulnerabilities (that's two less than this time last year!) and no new vulnerabilities from Adobe for Adobe Flash. Unfortunately, despite a light month, there's still action to be taken. CVE-2019-1458 [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advis

3 min Public Policy

What Is Texas Senate Bill 820, and How Will It Affect Your School District?

In this post, we share how SB 820 will affect your school and district, and how you can respond by selecting a framework to improve your security program.

3 min Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday - November 2019

November's Patch Tuesday is upon us and, this month, Microsoft addressed 74 vulnerabilities of which one Internet Explorer vulnerability (CVE-2019-1429 [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1429] ) has been seen under active exploitation. By prioritizing the released Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer patches, the door to 58 of the 74 vulnerabilities will be closed off. Also, for the second month in a row, this Patch Tuesday sees an absent security upd

4 min InsightVM

The Anatomy of RDP Exploits: Lessons Learned from BlueKeep and DejaBlue

In this blog, we discuss lessons learned from RDP exploits such as BlueKeep and DejaBlue, and how organizations can be protected form future vulnerabilities.

4 min InsightVM

5 Steps to Go from Patch Management to Vulnerability Management

The terms “patch management” and “vulnerability management” are sometimes used interchangeably, but it is important to understand the difference.

4 min InsightVM

InsightVM vs. Managed Vulnerability Management: How to Choose Which Rapid7 Offering Is Right for You

In this blog, we explain our two vulnerability management offerings—InsightVM and our Managed Vulnerability Management Service—so you can make an informed decision about which is right for you.