Posts by Rapid7

2 min Career Development

Celebrating Excellence: Rapid7 Recognized in Newsweek's Greatest Workplaces in America 2024

In a testament to its commitment to fostering an exceptional workplace environment, Rapid7 is proud to be included in Newsweek's Greatest Workplaces in America for 2024.

2 min Reports

New Research: The Proliferation of Cellular in IoT

Analysis of Cellular Based Internet of Things (IoT) Technology is a new whitepaper co-authored by Rapid7 principal security researcher Deral Heiland and Thermo Fisher Scientific lead product security researcher Carlota Bindner.

4 min Emergent Threat Response

VMware ESXi CVE-2024-37085 Targeted in Ransomware Campaigns

On July 29, Microsoft published threat intelligence on observed exploitation of CVE-2024-37085, an authentication bypass vulnerability in Broadcom VMware ESXi hypervisors that has been used in multiple ransomware campaigns.

4 min

From Top Dogs to Unified Pack

Each day often presents a new set of challenges and responsibilities, particularly as organizations accelerate digital transformation efforts. This means you and your cyber team may find yourselves navigating a complex landscape of multi-cloud environments and evolving compliance requirements.

1 min Rapid7 Culture

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.

2 min Government

Rapid7 completes IRAP PROTECTED assessment for Insight Platform solutions

Rapid7 has successfully completed an Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment to PROTECTED Level for several of our Insight Platform solutions.

10 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Supply Chain Compromise Leads to Trojanized Installers for Notezilla, RecentX, Copywhiz

The following Rapid7 analysts contributed to this research: Leo Gutierrez, Tyler McGraw, Sarah Lee, and Thomas Elkins. Executive Summary On Tuesday, June 18th, 2024, Rapid7 initiated an investigation into suspicious activity in a customer environment. Our investigation identified that the suspicious behavior was emanating from the installation of Notezilla, a program that allows for the creation of sticky notes on a Windows desktop. Installers for Notezilla, along with tools called RecentX and

4 min Managed Threat Complete

From Top Dogs to Unified Pack

Cybersecurity is as unpredictable as it is rewarding. This means you and your cyber team may find yourselves navigating a complex landscape of multi-cloud environments and evolving compliance requirements.

10 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Malvertising Campaign Leads to Execution of Oyster Backdoor

Rapid7 has observed a recent malvertising campaign that lures users into downloading malicious installers for popular software such as Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams.

2 min Velociraptor

Enhancing Velociraptor with the Cado Security Platform

Velociraptor is a robust open-source tool designed for collecting and querying forensic and incident response artifacts across various endpoints. This powerful tool allows incident responders to effortlessly gather data from remote systems, regardless of their location.

5 min Artificial Intelligence

Securing AI Development in the Cloud: Navigating the Risks and Opportunities

With the promise of enhanced efficiency, personalization, and innovation, organizations are increasingly turning to cloud environments to develop and deploy these powerful AI and ML technologies.

2 min Vulnerability Management

The Dreaded Network Pivot: An Attack Intelligence Story

The spiritual successor to our annual Vulnerability Intelligence Report, the AIR includes data from the Rapid7 research team combined with our detection and response and threat intelligence teams.

4 min Emergent Threat Response

CVE-2024-24919: Check Point Security Gateway Information Disclosure

On May 28, 2024, Check Point published an advisory for CVE-2024-24919, a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Check Point Security Gateway devices configured with either the “IPSec VPN” or “Mobile Access” software blade.

2 min Career Development

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 Guarglia and Kelly Hiscoe, have been recognized as CRN's 2024 Women of the Channel.

10 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

CVE-2024-4978: Backdoored Justice AV Solutions Viewer Software Used in Apparent Supply Chain Attack

Justice AV Solutions (JAVS) is a U.S.-based company specializing in digital audio-visual recording solutions for courtroom environments. Rapid7 has determined that users with JAVS Viewer v8.3.7 installed are at high risk and should take immediate action.