CVE-2026-8663 OS Command Injection in Rapid7 InsightConnect RPM Plugin

OS Command Injection vulnerability in Rapid7 InsightConnect RPM Plugin on Linux allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the repo, key, or name parameters due to insufficient input sanitization in shell command construction...

One Year After IntSights Acquisition, Threat Intel’s Value Is Clear

Rapid7 Strengthens Market Position With 360-Degree XDR and Best-in-Class Threat Intelligence Offerings Time flies… and provides opportunities to establish proof points. After recently passing the one-year milestone of Rapid7’s acquisition of IntSights, the added value threat intelligence brings t...

Cybersecurity Analysts: Job Stress Is Bad, but Boredom Is Kryptonite

Years ago, “airline pilot” used to be a high-stress profession. Imagine being in personal control of equipment worth millions hurtling through the sky on an irregular schedule with the lives of all the passengers in your hands. But today on any given flight, autopilot is engaged almost 90% of the...

360-Degree XDR and Attack Surface Coverage With Rapid7

Today’s already resource-constrained security teams are tasked with protecting more as environments sprawl and alerts pile up, while attackers continue to get stealthier and add to their arsenal. To be successful against bad actors, security teams need to be proactive against evolving attacks in...

Deploying a SOAR Tool Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: I’ve Done It Twice

As the senior information security engineer at Brooks, an international running shoe and apparel company, I can appreciate the challenge of launching a security orchestration, automation, and response SOAR tool for the first time. I’ve done it at two different companies, so I’ll share some lesson...

Maximize Your VM Investment: Fix Vulnerabilities Faster With Automox + Rapid7

The Rapid7 InsightConnect Extension library is getting bigger! We’ve teamed up with IT operations platform, Automox, to release a new plugin and technology alliance that closes the aperture of attack for vulnerability findings and automates remediation. Using the Automox Plugin for Rapid7...

Energize Your Incident Response and Vulnerability Management With Crowdsourced Automation Workflows

It’s no secret that most organizations need to dramatically improve their incident detection and response and vulnerability management VM programs. How many major security breaches could organizations avert if they could detect and address them at the start, when they’re still just minor incident...

SOC Automation with InsightIDR and InsightConnect: Three Key Use Cases to Explore to Optimize Your Security Operations

You probably already know that SOC automation with InsightIDR and InsightConnect can decrease your MeanTimeToResponse. It may not be a surprise that automating your security operations will augment your team’s skills and expertise to detect and respond to threats with super speed. You can even...

SOAR Tools: What to Look for When Investing in Security Automation Tech

Security orchestration and automation SOAR refers to a collection of software solutions and tools that organizations can leverage to streamline security operations in three key areas: threat and vulnerability management, incident response, and security-operations automation. From a single platfor...

What’s New in InsightIDR: Q3 2020 in Review

In July, we provided a rundown of what was new in InsightIDR, our cloud-based SIEM tool, from the first half of 2020 check out the blog post here for a recap. We’ve released some pretty great features and updates since then, so we thought it was time for another recap! This post offers a closer...

Rapid7 Introduces “Active Response” for End-to-End Detection and Response

We know your cybersecurity team is facing unprecedented challenges, including new and complex attacks that exploit your remote workforce and deliver malicious payloads which, despite your best defenses, can bypass proactive security controls. Managed Detection and Response MDR providers offer...