Accelerating detection engineering using AI-assisted synthetic attack logs generation

In this article 1. Core Idea: From TTPs to Logs 2. Approaches for Synthetic Attack Log Generation 3. Evaluation Datasets 4. References 5. Learn more Logs and telemetry are the foundation of modern cybersecurity. They enable threat detection, incident response, forensic investigation, and complian...

Accelerating detection engineering using AI-assisted synthetic attack logs generation

In this article 1. Core Idea: From TTPs to Logs 2. Approaches for Synthetic Attack Log Generation 3. Evaluation Datasets 4. References 5. Learn more Logs and telemetry are the foundation of modern cybersecurity. They enable threat detection, incident response, forensic investigation, and complian...

Your Cloud Detection Strategy in 2026: What to Expect at the Global Cybersecurity Summit

Cloud environments have changed how security teams detect and respond to threats. Signals come from more places, identities are harder to track, and attacks rarely stay within a single system. For many teams, the challenge is no longer visibility. It is having the risk context to understand what...

Your MTTD Looks Great. Your Post-Alert Gap Doesn't

Anthropic restricted its Mythos Preview model last week after it autonomously found and exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser. Palo Alto Networks' Wendi Whitmore warned that similar capabilities are weeks or months from proliferation. CrowdStrike's 2026...

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THE NEW Rapid7 MDR for Enterprise: Tailored Detection and Response for Complex Environments

Complex ecosystems. Custom applications. Specialized log sources. Distributed operations. Enterprise security leaders aren’t just defending against threats—they’re navigating a fragmented environment where visibility, coverage, and coordination are constant challenges. Our MDR service provides...

Streamlining detection engineering in security operation centers

Security operations centers SOCs exist to protect organizations from cyberthreats by detecting and responding to attacks in real time. They play a crucial role in preventing security breaches by detecting adversary activity at every stage of an attack, working to minimize damage and enabling an...

Closing the Security Gap From Threat Hunting to Detection Engineering

Closing the Security Gap From Threat Hunting to Detection Engineering By Ilya Kolmanovich, Alejandro Houspanossian, Joe Malenfant and Tomer Shloman · April 16, 2025 In today's rapidly evolving AI-fueled threat landscape, every organization is trying to stop threats as early as possible. Threat...

Transforming Threat Actor Research into a Strong Defense Strategy

Transforming Threat Actor Research into a Strong Defense Strategy By James Murphy, Ale Houspanossian, Leandro Velasco LV and Ilya Kolmanovich · November 14, 2024 What does it take to transform threat actor research into detection engineering? If we look at threat intelligence at its core, then we...

Brandon Adkins’ Career Journey - Taking Chances and Tackling New Challenges

Brandon Adkins is the Manager of our Threat Intelligence & Detection Engineering TIDE team. His career journey spans a variety of roles and teams where he has been able to showcase his technical skills in security. Since joining Rapid7, he’s had experience as a Penetration Testing Consultant,...

NixImports - A .NET Malware Loader, Using API-Hashing To Evade Static Analysis

A .NET malware loader, using API-Hashing and dynamic invoking to evade static analysis How does it work? NixImports uses my managed API-Hashing implementation HInvoke, to dynamically resolve most of it's called functions at runtime. To resolve the functions HInvoke requires two hashes the typeHas...

Threat Detection Software: A Deep Dive

As the threat landscape evolves and multiplies with more advanced attacks than ever, defending against these modern cyber threats is a monumental challenge for almost any organization. Threat detection is about an organization's ability to accurately identify threats, be it to the network, an...

BlueCloud - Cyber Range including Velociraptor + HELK system with a Windows VM for security testing and R&D

Cyber Range deployment of HELK and Velociraptor! Automated terraform deployment of one system running HELK + Velociraptor server with one registered Windows endpoint in Azure or AWS. A collection of Terraform and Ansible scripts that automatically and quickly deploys a small HELK + Velociraptor R...

PurpleSharp - C# Adversary Simulation Tool That Executes Adversary Techniques With The Purpose Of Generating Attack Telemetry In Monitored Windows Environments

Defending enterprise networks against attackers continues to present a difficult challenge for blue teams. Prevention has fallen short; improving detection & response capabilities has proven to be a step in the right direction. However, without the telemetry produced by adversary behavior, buildi...