[Security Nation] Kate Stewart on Open-Source Projects at the Linux Foundation

!\Security Nation\ Kate Stewart on Open-Source Projects at the Linux Foundationhttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2022/04/securitynationlogo.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, Jen and Tod chat with Kate Stewart, VP of Dependable Embedded Systems at the Linux Foundation, about the...

MDR Plus Threat Intel: 414 New Detections in 251 Days (You’re Welcome)

Last summer, Rapid7 acquired IntSights and its advanced external threat intelligence solution now Threat Command by Rapid7. Threat Command monitors hundreds of thousands of sources across the clear, deep, and dark web, identifying malicious actors and notifying customers of potential attacks...

The Great Resignation: 4 Ways Cybersecurity Can Win

Pandemics change everything. In the Middle Ages, the Black Death killed half of Europe’s population. It also killed off the feudal system of landowning lords exploiting laborer serfs. Rampant death caused an extreme labor shortage and forced the lords to pay wages. Eventually, serfs had bargainin...

Metasploit 2021 Annual Wrap-Up

As 2022 kicks off, we now have another year in the books. Like years past, 2021 brought some surprises and had its share of celebrity vulnerabilities and recurring trends. Let’s highlight some statistics! Quick stats 651 merged pull requests from 113 users 184 new modules 102 exploits, 45 post, 3...

Demystifying XDR: A Forrester Analyst Lays the Foundation

Extended detection and response XDR is no longer a future state in cybersecurity practice — it's a full-fledged reality for some. In fact, it's been a thing for a lot longer than you might think. Still, XDR is new vocabulary for many security operations center SOC teams, and the contours of this...

Kubernetes Guardrails: Bringing DevOps and Security Together on Cloud

Cloud and container technologies are being increasingly embraced by organizations around the globe because of the efficiency, superior visibility, and control they provide to DevOps and IT teams. While DevOps teams see the benefits of cloud and container solutions, these tools create a learning...

2022 Planning: The Path to Effective Cybersecurity Maturity

When it comes to bringing cyber safety and resilience to all parts of your organization, there is no silver bullet. Achieving cybersecurity maturity isn't something you can do overnight — it requires a significant amount of planning, prioritizing, and coordinating across the business. While this...

This Was the Summer of AppSec: All the Improvements We Made in Q3

Summer has come to an end. The backyard barbecues are behind us, the hot dogs have all been eaten, and we're all gearing up for some awesome autumn leaf peeping. But before we fall into another season see what we did there?, we wanted to take a moment to look back on all of the improvements we've...

[Security Nation] Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth on Securing Colorado

!\Security Nation\ Jill Fraser and Deborah Blyth on Securing Coloradohttps://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/09/securitynationlogo--1-.jpg In this episode of Security Nation, we chat with Deborah Blyth, CISO of the State of Colorado, and Jill Fraser, CISO for Jefferson County, Colorado. They...

[Security Nation] Beau Woods and Fotios Chantzis Discuss Their New Book, "Practical IoT Hacking"

!\Security Nation\ Beau Woods and Fotios Chantzis Discuss Their New Book, https://blog.rapid7.com/content/images/2021/04/securitynationlogo-63.jpg In our latest episode of Security Nation, we speak with Beau Woods and Fotios Chantzis about their newly released book, "Practical IoT Hacking." Stick...

New Report: AI threats are here. Why Q2 2026 signals the end of traditional patch cycles

You can’t patch everything. So what do you fix first? Findings in Q2 2026 have changed traditional answers. The latest Quarterly Threat Landscape Report from Rapid7 Labs shows vulnerability disclosures still surging while attackers use automation and AI-assisted tooling to compress the time betwe...

Project Glasswing and the Next Challenge for Defenders: Turning Faster Discovery into Faster Action

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing has sparked plenty of discussion about what AI might soon do for vulnerability discovery, but the more useful question for most security teams is how to prepare for, and more importantly seize the opportunity of, what comes next. As we wrote in our earlier blog, What...

CVE-2026-31381, CVE-2026-31382: Gainsight Assist Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting (FIXED)

Overview Rapid7 Labs recently identified a chain of security vulnerabilities in the Gainsight Assist plugin and its interactions with the associated domain app.gainsight.com. These vulnerabilities include an Information Disclosure flaw CVE-2026-31381 and a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS...

Patch Tuesday - March 2026

Microsoft is publishing 77 vulnerabilities this March 2026 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure of two of today’s vulnerabilities, but without evidence of exploitation in the wild for any yet, so there are no Microsoft additions to CISA KEV today. Earlier in the month, Microsoft...

Building the Future of Cloud Security: Rapid7 Recognized in Cloud Native Application Protection, Q1 2026

We are excited to share Rapid7’s recognition in The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions CNAPP , Q1 2026 1. We see this acknowledgment as a milestone that highlights our strategic evolution and continued drive to help security teams shift from reactive defense to...

Threat Actors Using AWS WorkMail in Phishing Campaigns

Introduction At Rapid7, we track a wide range of threats targeting cloud environments, where a frequent objective is hijacking victim infrastructure to host phishing or spam campaigns. Beyond the obvious security risks, this approach allows threat actors to offload their operational costs onto th...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 01/23/2026

Oracle E-Business Suite Unauth RCE This week, we are pleased to announce the addition of a module that exploits CVE-2025-61882, a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite versions 12.2.3 through 12.2.14. The exploit chains multiple flaws—including SSRF, pa...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 11/07/2025

New module content 3 Centreon authenticated command injection leading to RCE via broker engine "reload" parameter Author: h00die-gr3y [email protected] Type: Exploit Pull request: 20672 contributed by h00die-gr3y Path: linux/http/centreonauthrcecve20255946 AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-5946...

CVE-2025-10035 - Critical unauthenticated RCE in GoAnywhere MFT

Overview On September 18, 2025, Fortra published an advisory for CVE-2025-10035. This new vulnerability affects GoAnywhere MFT, an enterprise managed file transfer solution, and allows an attacker to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution. GoAnywhere MFT is a file transfer solution that ha...

Patch Tuesday - August 2025

Microsoft is addressing 111 vulnerabilities this August 2025 Patch Tuesday, a volume which is around the recent average. In a neat parallel with last month, Microsoft is aware of public disclosure for a single one of the vulnerabilities published today, and claims no evidence of in-the-wild...

Q2 2025 Ransomware Trends Analysis: Boom and Bust

“Tumultous times” would be an accurate summary of Q2 2025 where ransomware threat actors are concerned. Rapid7’s internal and publicly-available data analysis reveals a dynamic environment where major players come and go, newer groups work their way up the heavy-hitters ladder, and threat actors...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Outpacing the Adversary – Red Teaming in a Complex Threat Landscape

The evolving complexity of modern infrastructures calls for more than traditional pen testing. In this session from the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, red team experts shared how organizations are using continuous testing to outpace attackers — and better prepare their teams to...

Multiple Brother Devices: Multiple Vulnerabilities (FIXED)

Overview Update June 25, 2025: Update statistics to reflect an additional 6 affected models from Konica Minolta, Inc. Rapid7 conducted a zero-day research project into multifunction printers MFP from Brother Industries, Ltd. This research resulted in the discovery of 8 new vulnerabilities. Some o...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Demystifying Cloud Detection & Response – The Future of SOC and MDR

Cloud adoption has fundamentally reshaped security operations, bringing flexibility and scalability, but also complexity. In this session from the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, Rapid7’s product leaders discussed how today’s SOC and MDR capabilities must evolve to keep up. Hosted...

India's Cyber Leaders Prepare for AI-Driven Threats

As India's economy rapidly digitizes, cybersecurity challenges are becoming increasingly complex. This May, Rapid7 launched our inaugural Global Security Day series across India, bringing together top security leaders in Mumbai, Delhi, and Bengaluru to address the most pressing cyber threats faci...

From Ideology to Financial Gain: Exploring the Convergence from Hacktivism to Cybercrime

Co-authored by Yaniv Allender and Alexandra Blia Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threat actors, the lines between ideologically driven hacktivism and financially motivated cybercriminals have become increasingly blurred. Originally fueled by political, social, or ethical...

Introducing AI Attack Coverage in Exposure Command: Secure what traditional AppSec Tools miss

The rise of GenAI-powered applications – from internal copilots to customer-facing chatbots – is changing how businesses operate. While these tools drive innovation, they also introduce a fast moving, often invisible layer of risk. Most traditional AppSec tools were never built to handle the uniq...

Key Takeaways from the Take Command Summit 2025: Risk Revolution – Proactive Strategies for Exposure Management

At the Take Command 2025 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit, a standout session titled Risk Revolution brought together Rapid7 product leaders and ESG analyst Tyler Shields to unpack the evolution of exposure management — and how organizations can build more context-driven, proactive risk strategies...

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,...

Exploring an Untethered, Unified Approach to CTEM

We live in a world where traditional Vulnerability Management VM has become infosec’s version of ‘whack-a-mole’— an attempt to tackle risks that constantly shift, multiply, and morph. As organizations push workloads to the cloud, offer customers digital experiences, or as they build AI-enabled...

Reinforcing resilience with financial assurance: Breach protection matters now more than ever

Introducing Rapid7’s value-added Breach Protection Warranty that delivers confidence, clarity, and coverage when it matters most. Life’s old adage often applies in security: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. In today’s threat landscape, even the best-prepared organizations can’t guarantee...

Patch Tuesday - April 2025

Microsoft is addressing 121 vulnerabilities this April 2025 Patch Tuesday, which is more than twice as many as last month. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for just one of the vulnerabilities published today, which is already reflected in CISA KEV. Once again, Microsoft has...

Inside the Mind of the Attacker: A Conversation with Raj Samani

With Take Command 2025 just around the corner, we sat down with Raj Samani, Chief Scientist at Rapid7, for a preview of his upcoming session: Inside the Mind of an Attacker: Navigating the Threat Horizon. Raj will be joined by Trent Teyema, Founder and President at CSG Strategies and former head ...

Fake BianLian Ransomware Letters in Circulation

At a glance: The FBI is warning of a mail-based fraud involving letters sent to businesses in the U.S. These letters resemble online ransomware notes demanding payment via Bitcoin. Rapid7 examined a mail-based ransom demand sent to a customer from a local postcode. There is no evidence that any o...

Under The Hoodie: The Pen Test Diaries

Breaking In So You Don’t Have To Each year, Rapid7 penetration testers conduct over 1,000 security assessments, pushing boundaries to expose vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. The mission? Get in, escalate privileges, and own the environment—physically, digitally, or sometimes just by...

Patch Tuesday - February 2025

Microsoft is addressing 56 vulnerabilities this February 2025 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for two of the vulnerabilities published today, which is reflected in CISA KEV. Microsoft is aware of public disclosure for two other vulnerabilities. This is now the...

The Vulnerability Vortex: Escaping the Whirlpool of Ineffective Security

Drowning in data: The modern security dilemma In today's interconnected digital landscape, organizations find themselves caught in a relentless torrent of security alerts and vulnerability notifications. As cyber threats evolve at breakneck speed, security teams struggle to keep their heads above...

Navigating Choppy Waters: Top Security Predictions from Rapid7's 2025 Webinar

It's that time of year again — one year is ending and another is set to begin.. And what a year it's been for the security community! The sheer scale of incidents has left SecOps teams breathless, so thinking about what could be in store next year can be overwhelming. But there's no need to panic...

Rapid7 Extends Cloud Security Capabilities with Updates to Exposure Command

The cloud has become the backbone of modern innovation, powering everything from AI to remote work. But as organizations embrace the cloud, they also face an ever-expanding and increasingly complex attack surface. With purpose-built harvesting technology providing real-time visibility into...

Patch Tuesday - November 2024

Microsoft is addressing 90 vulnerabilities this November 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for four of the vulnerabilities published today, although as with last month’s batch, it does not evaluate any of these zero-day vulnerabilities...

The Importance of Asset Context in Attack Surface Management.

This is the last of the four blogs Help, I can’t see! A Primer for Attack Surface Management Blog Series, The Main Components of an Attack Surface Management ASM Strategy, and Understanding your Attack Surface: Different Approaches to Asset Discovery covering the foundational elements of Attack...

CVE-2024-45195: Apache OFBiz Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (Fixed)

Apache OFBiz below 18.12.16 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution on Linux and Windows. An attacker with no valid credentials can exploit missing view authorization checks in the web application to execute arbitrary code on the server. Exploitation is facilitated by bypassing...

Patch Tuesday - August 2024

Microsoft is addressing 88 vulnerabilities this August 2024 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation and/or public disclosure for ten of the vulnerabilities published today, which is significantly more than usual. At time of writing, all six of the known-exploited...

Rapid7’s Ransomware Radar Report Shows Threat Actors are Evolving …Fast.

Few issues keep cybersecurity professionals up at night more than the threat of ransomware. The ubiquity of targets, the relative organization of threat actors, and their multiple paths of entry make combating ransomware particularly formidable. But there is one more facet to this threat that mak...

Patch Tuesday - July 2024

Microsoft is addressing 139 vulnerabilities this July 2024 Patch Tuesday, which is on the high side in terms of typical CVE counts. They’ve also republished details for 4 CVEs issued by other vendors that affect Microsoft products. Microsoft has evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for 2 of the...

Boston Business Journal Names Rapid7 as a Best Place to Work in Boston

On June 13th, 2024, Rapid7 was recognized by The Boston Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Boston. This marks the 13th consecutive year Rapid7 has made the list, this time coming in at 8 in the extra large company category. Best Places to Work rankings are based on anonymous employee...

Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Understanding Modern Cyber Attacks

In today's cybersecurity landscape, staying ahead of evolving threats is crucial. The State of Security Panel from our Take Command summit held May 21st delved into how artificial intelligence AI is reshaping cyber attacks and defenses. The discussion highlighted the dual role of AI in...

Takeaways From The Take Command Summit: Understanding Modern Cyber Attacks

In today's cybersecurity landscape, staying ahead of evolving threats is crucial. The State of Security Panel from our Take Command summit held May 21st delved into how artificial intelligence AI is reshaping cyber attacks and defenses. The discussion highlighted the dual role of AI in...

The Take Command Summit: A Day of Resilience and Preparation

The Take Command Summit is officially in the books. It was a day-long virtual powerhouse of major voices and ultra-relevant topics from across the entire cybersecurity spectrum. We are super proud of the event and grateful for all who joined us for these important discussions. At Rapid7 we are...

See a Sneak Peek of Tuesday’s Take Command Summit

In just a few short days, some of the best minds in cybersecurity will come together at Take Command to discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities we face as an industry. The sessions include in-depth discussions on attacker trends and behaviors, a look into the Rapid7 SOC, top guest...