Vulnerability Management vs. Vulnerability Assessment

Evolving networks and evolving threats When it comes to protecting your cloud or hybrid networks, what you don't know can most certainly hurt your enterprise. Today's NetOps teams are tasked with monitoring the health and performance of both on-premises and cloud applications, as well as software...

[Security Nation] Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon on Nmap, the Open-Source Security Scanner

!\Security Nation\ Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon on Nmap, the Open-Source Security Scannerhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/08/securitynationlogo-2.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon, author of the widely used open-source Nmap Security Scanner. On...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

Add Windows target support for the Confluence OGNL injection module Improves the exploit/multi/http/atlassianconfluencenamespaceognlinjection module to support Windows server targets. This new target can be used to run payloads in memory with Powershell using the new payload adapters or drop an...

Cybersecurity Is More Than a Checklist: Joel Yonts on Tech’s Unfair Disadvantage

Breaches caused by misconfigurations are alarmingly common. Over a third of all cyberattacks in 2020 were the result of firewall, cloud, and server misconfigurations. The tech industry is at the highest risk of bad actors taking advantage of these preventable vulnerabilities, with the information...

The VM Lifecycle: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going

Written in collaboration with Joel Ashman The immutable truth that vulnerability management VM programs have long adhered to is that successful programs should follow a consistent lifecycle. This concept is simply a series of phases or steps that have a logical sequence and are repeated according...

Celebrating Black History Today and Every Day

Black History Month is a time for every person, from all different backgrounds to honor and celebrate the achievements of Black and African Americans in the U.S. and their impact on world history. In honor of Black History Month, we would like to recognize some of our amazing team members who hav...

Happy HaXmas from the Rapid7 Team!

Happy HaXmas, everyone! This has been quite the year, but we’re thrilled that we’re able to keep up our favorite holiday tradition of our annual HaXmas blog series, which features holiday stories, hacking wins from the year, tips and tricks, and general festivity to keep you entertained during th...

Defining Vulnerability Risk Management (and How to Build a Modern VRM Program)

Once upon a time just a handful of years ago, vulnerability management programs focused solely on servers, running quarterly scans that targeted only critical systems. But that was then, and you can’t afford such a limited view in the now. Truth is, vulnerability exploitation now happens...

Easily Explore Your Log Data with a Single Query in InsightIDR

We are delighted to announce that Log Search now supports grouping by multiple fields in your log data. By running a single query, you can easily drill down into your log data for in-depth analysis, while still getting an overall view of your data. Read on to find out how to get this rich insight...

The End of the Road for Cisco Kenna: Take a Measured Path into Exposure Management

Cisco’s announcement that it will sunset Cisco Vulnerability Management Kenna marks a clear inflection point for many security teams. With end-of-sale and end-of-life timelines now defined, and no replacement offering on the roadmap, Kenna customers face an unavoidable decision window. Beyond the...

Active exploitation of SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer CVE-2025-31324

On Thursday, April 24, enterprise resource planning company SAP published a CVE and a day later, an advisory behind login for CVE-2025-31324, a zero-day vulnerability in NetWeaver Visual Composer that carries a CVSSv3 score of 10. The vulnerability arises from a missing authorization check in...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 08/09/2024

Black Hat & DEF CON Hopefully folks were able to catch our Rapid7 researchers @zeroSteiner & Jack Heysel show off the Metasploit 6.4's features, focusing on combinations that allow for new, streamlined attack workflows at Black Hat. If not they will also be demoing at DEF CON tomorrow in room W30...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 05/31/2024

Quis dīrumpet ipsos dīrumpēs In this release, we feature a double-double: two exploits each targeting two pieces of software. The first pair is from h00die targeting the Jasmine Ransomeware Web Server. The first uses CVE-2024-30851 to retrieve the login for the ransomware server, and the second i...

Securing the Next Level: Automated Cloud Defense in Game Development with InsightCloudSec

Imagine the following scenario: You're about to enjoy a strategic duel on chess.com or dive into an intense battle in Fortnite, but as you log in, you find your hard-earned achievements, ranks, and reputation have vanished into thin air. This is not just a hypothetical scenario but a real...

What’s New in Rapid7 Detection & Response: Q2 2023 in Review

We are excited to share another quarter of new Detection & Response capabilities and improvements. As we continue to innovate across our platform, we thank our customers for continuous insight, engagement, and direction. Keenly focused on our mission to deliver solutions for consolidated,...

The High Cost of Human Error In OT Systems

In baseball, a mistake made by a player that could have easily been avoided is sometimes called an “unforced error.” An unforced error is not an official error that is, they are not reflected in statistics, however, they can result in additional runs being scored, runners getting on base, and eve...

Prioritizing XDR in 2023: Stronger Detection and Response With Less Complexity

As we get closer to closing out 2022, the talk in the market continues to swirl around extended detection and response XDR solutions. What are they? What are the benefits? Should my team adopt XDR, and if yes, how do we evaluate vendors to determine the best approach? While there continue to be...

Passwordless Network Scanning: Same Insights, Less Risk

Password-based credentials are a ubiquitous part of our online lives, but they are prone to vulnerabilities. Combatting those vulnerabilities has been a major hurdle for security professionals, and it's come at major cost for businesses. We are reinventing the credentialing process for our Networ...

IAM Never Gonna Give You Up, Never Gonna Breach Your Cloud

This blog is part of an ongoing series sharing key takeaways from Rapid7’s 2020 Cloud Security Executive Summit. Interested in participating in the next summit on Tuesday, March 9? Register here! Identity and access management IAM credentials have solved myriad security issues, but the recent...

Help Others Be "Cyber Aware" This Festive Season—And All Year Round!

Are you tired of being the cybersecurity help desk for everyone you know? Are you frustrated with spending all your time securing your corporate environment, only to have to deal with the threat that snuck in through naive end-users? Are you new to security and wondering how you ended up here? Th...

2021 Detection and Response Planning, Part 4: Planning for Success with a Cloud SIEM

This is the fourth and final installment of our series around 2021 security planning. Through this series, we talked to a previous CISO about how to tackle annual security planning, looked at driving more efficient threat detections, and also explored the benefits of greater SOC automation. In th...

Vulnerability Remediation vs. Mitigation: What’s the Difference?

Vulnerability management programs look different depending on the available resources and specific risks your organization faces. While both identifying and evaluating possible threats are important steps, the most time-consuming step is actually treating the vulnerability. Here’s where remediati...

When Trusted Websites Turn Malicious: WordPress Compromises Advance Global Stealer Operation

Overview Rapid7 Labs has identified and analyzed an ongoing, widespread compromise of legitimate, potentially highly trusted WordPress websites, misused by an unidentified threat actor to inject a ClickFix implant impersonating a Cloudflare human verification challenge CAPTCHA. The lure is design...

Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Unprecedented Threat Landscape

The Rapid7 Take Command summit unveiled crucial findings from the 2024 Attack Intelligence Report, offering invaluable insights for cybersecurity professionals navigating today's complex threat landscape. Key takeaways from the 30 minute panel: 1. Rise of Zero-Day Exploits: 53% of mass compromise...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 02/16/2024

New Fetch Payload It has been almost a year since Metasploit released the new fetch payloads and since then, 43 of the 79 exploit modules have had support for fetch payloads. The original payloads supported transferring the second stage over HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. This week, Metasploit has expanded...

Mastering Industrial Cybersecurity: The Significance of Combining Vulnerability Management with Detection and Response

Written by Elad Ben-Meir, CEO SCADAfence, a Honeywell company. In today's digital era, where industries are increasingly reliant on advanced technologies, safeguarding critical infrastructure against cyber threats has become paramount. The convergence of operational technology OT and information...

Reduce Risk and Regain Control with Cloud Risk Complete

Over the last 10 to 15 years, organizations have been migrating to the cloud to take advantage of the speed and scale it enables. During that time, we’ve all had to learn that new cloud infrastructure means new security challenges, and that many legacy tools and processes are unable to keep up wi...

New InsightCloudSec Compliance Pack: Key Takeaways From the Azure Security Benchmark V3

Implementing the proper security policies and controls to keep cloud environments, and the applications and sensitive data they host secure, is a daunting task for anyone. It’s even more of a challenge for folks that are just getting started on their journey to the cloud, and for teams that lack...

Refreshing Rapid7's Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

As 2023 comes hurtling towards us like some kind of maniacal arctic train full of disturbingly realistic AI-generated people, I wanted to take a moment on the blog here to announce that we here at Rapid7, Inc. have refreshed our coordinated vulnerability disclosure CVD policy and philosophy. If y...

Application Security in 2022: Where Are We Now?

It’s always a good thing to take a step back every once in a while to take the lay of the land. Like you, we are always working at a breakneck pace to help secure the web applications being built today and ready ourselves to secure the innovations of the future. When Forrester put out The State o...

Rapid7 MDR Delivered 549% ROI via Headcount Avoidance, Time Savings, and Breach Risk Reduction

In-house security organizations these days are operating at an extreme deficit. Skeleton crews are running entire security operations centers SOCs. A constant barrage of alerts is making it difficult for these teams to detect and investigate every alert and stay ahead of today’s evolving threats...

Cloud Pentesting, Pt. 3: The Impact of Ecosystem Maturity

Now that we’ve covered the basics of cloud pentesting and the style in which a cloud environment could be attacked, let’s turn our attention to the entirety of this ecosystem. This environment isn’t too different from the on-premise ecosystem that traditional penetration testing is performed on...

[Security Nation] Matthew Kienow on Open-Source Security and the Recog Framework

!\Security Nation\ Matthew Kienow on Open-Source Security and the Recog Frameworkhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/03/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Matthew Kienow, Senior Software Engineer at Rapid7, about open-source security – a subje...

[The Lost Bots] Bonus Episode: Velociraptor Contributor Competition

!\The Lost Bots\ Bonus Episode: Velociraptor Contributor Competitionhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/08/-The-Lost-Bots--Episode-1--External-Threat-Intelligence.jpeg Welcome back for a special bonus edition of The Lost Bots, a vlog series where Rapid7 Detection and Response Practice...

Rapid7's 2021 ICER Takeaways: Version Complexity Among the Fortune 500

This blog post covers key takeaways from our 2021 Industry Cyber-Exposure Report ICER: Fortune 500. Original analysis for these findings was conducted by Bob Rudis. Complexity is the enemy when it comes to successful security outcomes in an organization. Diversity in systems, technologies, and...

Heartland Dental’s Ambitions Land Them in the Cloud

Managing security for the largest Dental Support Organization DSO in the United States is no easy task. And sometimes, you need a security services partner to lend a helping hand. We sat down with Heartland Dental to talk about all things security, why they chose Rapid7, how quickly they’re...

2021 Detection and Response Planning, Part 2: Driving SOC Efficiency With a Detections-First Approach to SIEM

This is the second installment of our series around 2021 security planning. In part one, Rapid7 Detection and Response Practice Advisor Jeffrey Gardner offered tips and advice for ramping up annual security planning. In this installment, we’ll explore the importance of reliable and comprehensive...

CVE-2026-63077: Critical unauthenticated remote code execution in JetBrains TeamCity

Overview On July 27, 2026, JetBrains published a security advisory for CVE-2026-63077, a critical unauthenticated vulnerability affecting all versions of TeamCity On-Premises. The issue is classified as deserialization of untrusted data and has a CVSS score of 9.8. An unauthenticated remote...

CVE-2024-6922: Automation Anywhere Automation 360 Server-Side Request Forgery

Automation 360 Robotic Process Automation suite v21-v32 is vulnerable to unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF. SSRF occurs when the server can be induced to perform arbitrary requests on behalf of an attacker. An attacker with unauthenticated access to the Automation 360 Control Room...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 07/05/2024

I still like to MOVEit MOVEit This week, our very own sfewer-r7 added a new exploit module that leverages an authentication bypass vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer SFTP service CVE-2024-5806. It is possible to authenticate to the SFTP service as any user as long as a valid username is known a...

Challenges Drive Career Growth: Meet Rudina Tafhasaj

Starting a career for the first time in a new country can be intimidating. For Rudina Tafhasaj, her path to Senior Application Engineer at Rapid7 was paved with both unique challenges, and incredible rewards. Growing up, Rudina was inspired to get into technology by her older brother. “He loved...

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Updates: What You Need to Know About The Most Recent Patch Release (5.1.1)

On November 7th, the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST issued an update to SP 800-53, a NIST-curated catalog of controls that organizations can implement to effectively manage security and privacy risk. In this blog we’ll cover the new and updated controls within patch release...

InsightAppSec GitHub Integration Keeps Risky Code From Reaching Production

We've all been there. The software development life cycle SDLC is moving at a mile a minute. Developers are writing code, updating features, and all the while attempting to keep everything introduced into production as safe and secure as possible. GitHub Actions are essential to automation and...

For Health Insurance Companies, Web Apps Can Be an Open Wound

At IntSights, a Rapid7 company, our goal is to ensure organizations everywhere understand the threats facing them in today's cyber landscape. With this in mind, we took a focused look at the insurance industry — a highly targeted vertical due to the amount of valuable data these organizations hol...

All about the boundaries: The cloud IAM lifecycle approach

The flightpath If your organization has ever thrown up its collective hands in frustration over chasing endless permissions to be verified or been asked to increase the number of identity policies as you scale up further into the cloud, you likely know how quickly this “situation” can lead to...

Reducing Risk With Identity Access Management (IAM)

A cloudy picture of identity and access As your supply chain grows, so does your attack surface. As business scales up and cloud providers release new services and resources to support, it becomes exponentially more challenging for security teams to manage access. With this growth, an intrinsic —...

Rapid7's 2021 ICER Takeaways: Vulnerability Disclosure Programs Among the Fortune 500

This blog post covers key takeaways from our 2021 Industry Cyber-Exposure Report ICER: Fortune 500. Every major corporation on Earth is a technology company. It is unthinkable that a business that generates billions of dollars in revenue and employs thousands of workers would not have a significa...

MDR Vendor Must-Haves, Part 4: Ingestion of Authentication Data Across Local, Domain, and Cloud Sources

This blog post is part of an ongoing series about evaluating Managed Detection and Response MDR providers. For more insights, check out our guide, “10 Things Your MDR Service Must Do.” There isn’t a single threat or breach that doesn’t involve attackers using legitimate credentials to cause harm...

What’s New in InsightAppSec and tCell: Q4 2020 in Review

It’s crazy to believe 2020 has come to an end, and we’re sure we’re not alone in our excitement for 2021! Without a doubt, 2020 has presented some challenges for us all in the security world, as many companies quickly adopted a work-from-home model and pivoted from an in-store experience quickly ...

New All Apps and Asset Report Combines Power of InsightVM and InsightAppSec for Boosted Visibility

When speaking with customers, we continue to hear that they are looking for more visibility into their vulnerability risk management activities. This could include complete visibility into the various assets within their dynamic environments, or a deeper understanding of attacks that are occurrin...