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3 min Application Security

RASP 101: What Is Runtime Application Self-Protection?

If your organization isn't using a runtime application self-protection (RASP) tool to protect your applications, here's what you need to know.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 8/30/19

Back to school blues Summer is winding down and while our for contributions haven't dropped off (thanks y'all!), we've been tied up with events and a heap of research. Don't despair, though: our own Brent Cook , Pearce Barry, Jeffrey Martin , and Matthew Kienow will be at DerbyCon 9 running the Metasploit Town Hall at noon Friday. They'll be delivering a community update and answering questions, so be sur

1 min Penetration Testing

This One Time on a Pen Test: Nerds in the NERC

Here is the story of how we gained access to a NERC CIP control room in a power plant as part of a penetration testing engagement.

5 min Cloud Infrastructure

How to Set Up InsightVM in Your Google Cloud Environment

In this blog post, we’ll go over how to set up our vulnerability scanner, InsightVM in your Google Cloud and how to tweak it for your environment.

3 min Application Security

Application Security 101: The Importance of DevSecOps in AppSec

In this blog, we will share some insightful tips on all things application security and DevSecOps.

7 min InsightVM

Summer Security Fundamentals Recap: Vulnerability Management

In this blog, we share with you key takeaways from our recent vulnerability management panel, along with tips for creating a successful VM program.

2 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 8/23/19

A LibreOffice file format exploit, plus improvements to TLS and CredSSP-based fingerprinting.

2 min Penetration Testing

This One Time on a Pen Test: Missed a Spot

In this penetration testing story, Ted Raffle discusses how even strong security controls and threat mitigation can miss the mark when only one or two systems fall through the cracks.

4 min Application Security

How to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks

Cross-site scripting (XSS) isn’t new, but its impact and visibility are both growing. Here’s what you need to know to protect them from XSS attacks.

12 min Penetration Testing

Ask a Pen Tester: Q&A with Rapid7 Penetration Tester Aaron Herndon

Recently, we gave our customers the opportunity to ask members of our penetration testing services team any burning questions they have.

5 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

How Attackers Can Harvest Users’ Microsoft 365 Credentials with New Phishing Campaign

In this blog post, Rapid7's MDR services team outlines a unique phishing campaign that utilizes a novel method of scraping organizations’ branded Microsoft 365 tenant login pages to produce highly convincing credential harvesting pages.

8 min AWS

Automating the Cloud: AWS Security Done Efficiently

Today, we are going to be installing software on all your existing EC2 instances across several (or all!) accounts under an organization in AWS.

5 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up 8/16/19

Hacker Summer Camp Last week, the Metasploit team flew out to sunny, hot, and dry Las Vegas for Hacker Summer Camp (Black Hat, BSidesLV, and DEF CON). It was a full week of epic hacks, good conversation, and even a little business! If you managed to catch us at our Open Source Office Hours (previously OSSM, the Open Source Security Meetup) in Bally's, we just wanted to say thanks for making the trek through the

2 min Penetration Testing

This One Time on a Pen Test: How I Compromised a Healthcare Portal Before My Hot Cocoa Went Cold

Here is the story of how I used a simple SQL injection attack to compromise a healthcare portal.

3 min InsightConnect

Responding to Cloud-Based Security Incidents with InsightConnect: AWS Security Hub

In this post, we’ll show you firsthand how security orchestration and automation (SOAR) helps teams accelerate their response to cloud-based threats.