Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile exploit chain exploited in the wild

On May 13, 2025, Ivanti disclosed an exploited in the wild exploit chain, comprising of two new vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile EPMM: CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428. Ivanti EPMM is an enterprise-focused software suite for IT teams to manage mobile devices, applications,...

Why is Ransomware Still a Thing in 2025?

When was the last time you had a serious conversation about cybersecurity that didn’t touch on ransomware? We all know that it’s one of the most persistent and damaging threats out there. Yet, this isn’t because it’s new—ransomware’s been around since 1989—but because we are making it far too eas...

The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: Looking back on another painful year

The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to evolve at a rapid pace, outgrowing many of the trends we saw in 2023. Threat actors remained relentless and innovative, targeting organizations of all sizes and sectors. In this post, we’ll examine the latest data points, discuss notable groups, and...

New IDR Log Search Enhancements: Accelerate, Streamline, and Simplify Investigations

Co-authored by Ed Montgomery & René Fusco, Rapid7 In today’s cybersecurity landscape, organizations need robust detection and response solutions to stay ahead of evolving threats. Rapid7’s InsightIDR, the foundation of our Managed Detection and Response MDR service, empowers security teams with...

Helpful tools to get started in IoT Assessments

The Internet of Things IoT can be a daunting field to get into. With many different tools and products available on the market it can be confusing to even know where to start. Having performed dozens of IoT assessments, I felt it would be beneficial to compile a basic list of items that are...

Celebrating Excellence: Joanne Guariglia and Kelly Hiscoe Recognized as CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel

We are thrilled to announce that two of our exceptional team members, Joanne Guariglia and Kelly Hiscoe, have been recognized as CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel. This recognition celebrates the achievements and leadership of women within the channel community, and we are incredibly proud to see...

Rapid7 Takes 2023 SC Awards for Vulnerability Management and Threat Detection

The highly respected SC Awards program, hosted by SC Media, recognizes the solutions, organizations, and people driving innovation and success in information security. Now in its 26th year, the SC Awards continue to grow and evolve. Rapid7 is proud to announce we have received not one, but two...

PenTales: Testing Security Health for a Healthcare Company

At Rapid7 we love a good pen test story. So often they show the cleverness, skill, resilience, and dedication to our customer’s security that can only come from actively trying to break it! In this series, we’re going to share some of our favorite tales from the pen test desk and hopefully...

The Japanese Technology and Media Attack Landscape

Recently, we released a major report analyzing the threat landscape of Japan, the globe’s third largest economy. In that report we looked at the ways in which threat actors infiltrate Japanese companies spoiler alert: it is often through foreign subsidiaries and affiliates and some of the most...

Rapid7 Solutions for Partners

Central to our mission at Rapid7 is building long-term relationships with partners who deliver valuable security solutions to customers. As customers increasingly seek managed services to meet their security needs, we've eagerly expanded our partner ecosystem to support a rapidly growing body of...

What Tech Companies Should Look For in Cloud Security

The cloud's computing power and flexibility unlocks unprecedented speed and efficiency—a tech company's two best friends. But with that speed and efficiency comes new environments and touchpoints in an organization's footprint. That expanding attack surface brings along with it an expanding range...

Cloud Audit: Compliance + Automation

Setting your own standard Today’s regulatory environment is incredibly fractured and extensive. Depending on the industry—and the part of the world your business and/or security organization resides in—you may be subject to several regulatory compliance standards. Adding to the complexity, there ...

Rapid7 Integration For AWS Verified Access

Today at re:invent, Amazon Web Services AWS unveiled its new AWS Verified Access service, and we are thrilled to announce that InsightIDR — Rapid7’s next-gen SIEM and XDR — will support log ingestion from this new service when it is made generally available. What Is AWS Verified Access? AWS...

Emerging best practices for securing cloud-native environments

Globally, IT experts recognise security as the most significant barrier to cloud adoption, in part because many of the ways of securing traditional IT environments are not always applicable to cloud-native infrastructure. As a result, security teams may find themselves behind the curve and...

Real-Time Risk Mitigation in Google Cloud Platform

With Google Cloud Next happening this week, there’s been some recent water cooler talk - okay, informal, ad hoc Zoom calls - where discussions about what makes Google Cloud Platform GCP unique when it comes to security. A few specific differences have popped up here and there default data...

3 Mistakes Companies Make in Their Detection and Response Programs

The goal of a detection and response D&R program is to act as quickly as possible to identify and remove threats while minimizing any fallout. Many organizations have identified the need for D&R as a critical piece of their security program, but it's often the hardest — and most costly — piece to...

[VIDEO] An Inside Look at AWS re:Inforce 2022 From the Rapid7 Team

!\VIDEO\ An Inside Look at AWS re:Inforce 2022 From the Rapid7 Teamhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/07/aws-experience-video.jpg The summer of conferences rolls on for the cybersecurity and tech community — and for us, the excitement of being able to gather in person after two-plus year...

ISO 27002 Emphasizes Need For Threat Intelligence

With employees reluctant to return to the office following the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of a well-defined network perimeter has become a thing of the past for many organizations. Attack surfaces continue to expand, and as a result, threat intelligence has taken on even greater importance...

Cloud Threat Detection: To Agent or Not to Agent?

The shift towards cloud and cloud-native application architectures represents an evolutionary step forward from older paradigms. The adoption of containers, Kubernetes, and serverless functions, along with the use of cloud-based infrastructure, introduces a new set of risks and security challenge...

Rapid7 MDR Reduced Breaches by 90% via Greater Efficiency to Detect, Investigate, Respond to, and Remediate Breaches

When a security operations center SOC is operating at a deficit, they increase the possibility of beach reductions. That is, the likelihood they won’t be able to travel to any beaches – or any vacation destinations whatsoever – anytime in the near future. That can lead to burnout, which can lead ...

Two Rapid7 Solutions Take Top Honors at SC Awards Europe

LONDON—We are pleased to announce that two Rapid7 solutions were recognized on Tuesday, June 21, at the prestigious SC Awards Europe, which were presented at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square. InsightIDR took the top spot in the Best SIEM Solution category, and Threat Command brought home the...

[Security Nation] Steve Micallef of SpiderFoot on Open-Source Intelligence

!\Security Nation\ Steve Micallef of SpiderFoot on Open-Source Intelligencehttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/06/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Steve Micallef about SpiderFoot, the open-source intelligence tool of which he is the creato...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up

PetitPotam Improvements Metasploit’s Ruby support has been updated to allow anonymous authentication to SMB servers. This is notably useful while exploiting the PetitPotam vulnerability with Metasploit, which can be used to coerce a Domain Controller to send an authentication attempt over SMB to...

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...

How to Strategically Scale Vendor Management and Supply Chain Security

This post is co-authored by Collin Huber Recent security events — particularly the threat actor activity from the Lapsu$ group, Spring4Shell, and various new supply-chain attacks — have the security community on high alert. Security professionals and network defenders around the world are wonderi...

What's New in InsightIDR: Q1 2022 in Review

Introducing new InsightIDR capabilities to accelerate your detection and response program When we talk to customers and security professionals about what they need more of in their security operations center SOC, there is one consistent theme: time. InsightIDR — Rapid7's leading cloud SIEM and XD...

[Security Nation] David Rogers on IoT Security Legislation

!\Security Nation\ David Rogers on IoT Security Legislationhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/03/securitynationlogo-1.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with David Rogers, CEO at Copper Horse Ltd., about the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure PST...

[Security Nation] Bob Lord on Securing the DNC

!\Security Nation\ Bob Lord on Securing the DNChttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/03/securitynationlogo--1-.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Bob Lord, recently the Chief Security Officer for the Democratic National Committee, about the unique challenges of...

The Future of Finserv Security: Cloud Expert and Former CISO Anthony Johnson Weighs In

In today's increasingly mobile, fast-paced world, it's no surprise that financial services finserv organizations have a massive bullseye on their backs. The amount of personal data they access daily makes them an attractive target for those with malicious intent. In fact, the average cost of a da...

7Rapid Questions: Stephen Donnelly

At Rapid7, there's no shortage of passionate leaders looking to challenge convention and make an impact. Our "7Rapid Questions" series is a way to highlight some of the amazing work taking place behind the scenes, and the exciting growth opportunities available in our global offices. For this...

Evaluating MDR Vendors: A Pocket Buyer's Guide

Cyberthreats are now the No. 1 source of stress among CEOs, with 71% of respondents to PwC's 2021 CEO Study reporting they are "extremely concerned" about the issue. At the same time, the cybersecurity skills gap continues to grow, with 95% of security pros saying the shortage of talent in their...

The End of the Cybersecurity Skills Crisis (Maybe?)

In just 4 years, you can learn to be fluent in Mandarin. In 2 years, NASA can get you through astronaut training. But the cybersecurity skills gap? It's dire and dead-stuck in its fifth straight year of zero progress. Globally, 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs remain unfilled, and of those candidat...

Hands-On IoT Hacking: Rapid7 at DefCon 29 IoT Village, Part 3

In our first post in this series, we covered the setup of Rapid7's hands-on exercise at Defcon 29's IoT Village. Last week, we discussed how to determine the UART status of the header we created and how to actually start hacking on the IoT device. The goal in this next phase of the IoT hacking...

A Matter of Perspective: Agent-Based and Agentless Approaches to Cloud Security, Part 2

In our previous blog on this topic, we discussed some of the considerations when choosing between agent-based and agentless cloud security approaches. The following table provides a summary of these considerations. Aspect | Agent-based | Agentless ---|---|--- Deployment | - Deployed on every asse...

Solving the Access Goldilocks Problem: RBAC for InsightAppSec Is Here

We're all familiar with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks starts a new job as a security specialist on the security team at Three Bears' Porridge, Inc. and is given access to their application security platform. At first, the access she's given is far too broad. It causes...

SANS 2021 Threat Hunting Survey: How Organizations' Security Postures Have Evolved in the New Normal

It's that time of year once again: The SANS Institute — the most trusted resource for cybersecurity research — has conducted its sixth annual Threat Hunting Survey, sponsored by Rapid7. The goal of this survey is to better understand the current threat hunting landscape and the benefits provided ...

Decentralize Remediation Efforts to Gain More Efficiency with InsightVM

Let’s talk about the reality of the remediation process today. We know it is often a cumbersome and time-consuming process, and it can be challenging for a Security team to work with IT Operations and Development teams, servicing many assets and owners. There isn’t a vulnerability management team...

Active Exploitation of Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273)

Overview On June 10, 2026, Oracle published a security alert for CVE-2026-35273, a critical vulnerability in the Updates Environment Management component of PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools. Oracle released an out-of-band patch the same day as the advisory, underscoring the urgency of remediatio...

CVE-2026-20182: Critical authentication bypass in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (FIXED)

Overview While researching a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2026-20127, which was exploited in-the-wild, Rapid7 Labs discovered a new authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller formerly known as vSmart, CVE-2026-20182. This new authentication...

The Face of Penetration Testing is Changing: Announcing Metasploit Pro 5.0.0

The role and demand for red-teaming capabilities are growing, as more exploitable CVEs make their way into criminal hands. Being proactive is no longer a capability that can be reserved for annual tests, but a continuous assessment to determine exposure and even through the validation of an...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 12/12/2025

React2shell Module As you may have heard, on December 3, 2025, the React team announced a critical Remote Code Execution RCE vulnerability in servers using the React Server Components RSC Flight protocol. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-55182, carries a CVSS score of 10.0 and is informally...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 11/28/2025

This week, we have added 10 new modules to Metasploit Framework including an SMB to MSSQL relay module, a remote code execution module targeting Fortinet software, additional 32-bit and 64-bit RISC-V payloads, and more. The SMB to MSSQL NTLM relay module allows users to open MSSQL sessions and ru...

CVE-2025-48045, CVE-2025-48046, CVE-2025-48047: MICI NetFax Server Product Vulnerabilities (NOT FIXED)

In the course of a penetration testing engagement, Rapid7 discovered three vulnerabilities in MICI Network Co., Ltd’s NetFax server versions 3.0.1.0. These issues allowed for an authenticated attack chain resulting in Remote Code Execution RCE against the device as the root user. While...

Introducing Rapid7’s Exposure Assessment Platform Buyer’s Guide

Cybersecurity threats are evolving at an unprecedented pace, making it imperative for organizations to stay ahead of attackers with proactive security measures. To help organizations navigate this rapidly changing threat landscape, we are excited to introduce the Exposure Assessment Platform EAP...

A Rebirth of a Cursed Existence? Examining ‘Babuk Locker 2.0’ Ransomware

Co-authored by Yaniv Allender and Anna Sirokova Introduction Ransomware remains a major threat, causing significant disruption and financial losses to organizations across various sectors. Cybercriminal groups behind these attacks constantly adapt their methods to maximize damage and profit. At...

Our 4 Essential Strategy Takeaways from the Gartner® 2024 Report – How to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks

As ransomware threats continue to evolve, security and risk management leaders must stay ahead by adopting comprehensive strategies to protect their organizations. The 2024 Gartner report, “How to Prepare for Ransomware Attacks”, provides critical insights into the latest tactics used by bad acto...

New Cloud Risk Dashboard: Identifying Toxic Combinations to Drive Faster Remediation

Co-authored by Andrea Ruddy Risks identified within a cloud environment compound to represent a real threat of exploitation. Our cloud risk scoring, introduced recently to insightCloudSec, focuses on these toxic combinations. Toxic combinations are attractive for bad actors who can target multipl...

From Top Dogs to Unified Pack

Embracing a consolidated security ecosystem Authored by Ralph Wascow Cybersecurity is as unpredictable as it is rewarding. Each day often presents a new set of challenges and responsibilities, particularly as organizations accelerate digital transformation efforts. This means you and your cyber...

Velociraptor 0.7.1 Release

Written by Dr. Michael Cohen Sigma Support, ETW Multiplexing, Local Encrypted Storage and New VQL Capabilities Highlight the Last Release of 2023 Rapid7 is excited to announce that version 0.7.1 of Velociraptor is live and available for download. There are several new features and capabilities th...

Attackers are Working Around The Clock. Luckily, So Are We.

It takes an average of 204 days for organizations to discover a breach, and from there an average of 73 days to contain it. With the average cost of a breach at an all time high of $4.45 million IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023, there’s an undeniable need for teams to enlist the right...