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3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: 7/22/22

The past, present and future of Metasploit Don't miss Spencer McIntyre's talk on the Help Net Security's blog . Spencer is the Lead Security Researcher at Rapid7 and speaks about how Metasploit has evolved since its creation back in 2003. He also explains how the Framework is addressing today's offensive security challenges and how important is the partnership with the community. LDAP swiss army knife This week,

4 min Cloud Security

Cloud Threat Detection: To Agent or Not to Agent?

Should you be using agents to secure cloud applications, or not? The answer depends on what exactly you're trying to secure.

3 min SIEM

Simplify SIEM Optimization With InsightIDR

For far too many years, security teams have accepted that with a SIEM comes compromise. With InsightIDR, you can have the best of both worlds.

4 min SOAR

Deploying a SOAR Tool Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: I’ve Done It Twice

Here are some lessons learned launching and steps for success when launching a SOAR tool for the first time.

4 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

4 Key Statistics to Build a Business Case for an MDR Partner

Any MDR financial justification will come down to four main factors: return on investment (ROI), savings from building out your SOC team, the reduction in risk to your organization, and the time to see value/impact.

3 min Cloud Security

4 Strategies for Achieving Greater Visibility in the Cloud

Here are four ways to put visibility at the center of your cloud security approach and better understand what's going on in your environment.

2 min Detection and Response

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (More Data): What Security Pros Are Saying

Eight in 10 organizations collect, process, and analyze security operations data from more than 10 sources, but security analysts need even more.

5 min Vulnerability Disclosure

CVE-2022-30526 (Fixed): Zyxel Firewall Local Privilege Escalation

Rapid7 discovered a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Zyxel firewalls. The vulnerability allows a low privileged user, such as `nobody`, to escalate to `root` on affected firewalls.

2 min Application Security

Deploy tCell More Easily With the New AWS AMI Agent

We've introduced the AWS AMI Agent for tCell, which makes it easier to deploy tCell into your software development life cycle.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: Jul 15, 2022

JBOSS EAP/AS - More Deserializations? Indeed! Community contributor Heyder Andrade added in a new module for a Java deserialization vulnerability in JBOSS EAP/AS Remoting Unified Invoker interface for versions 6.1.0 and prior. As far as we can tell this was first disclosed by Joao Matos in his paper at AlligatorCon . Later a PoC from Marcio Almeida

4 min Vulnerability Management

InsightVM Release Update: Let’s Focus on Remediation for Just a Minute

We’re pleased to release two InsightVM updates that are aimed at not only improving VM program success but also reducing the effort to get you there.

3 min Application Security

It’s the Summer of AppSec: Q2 Improvements to Our Industry-Leading DAST and WAAP

Summer is in full swing, and that means soaring temps, backyard grill-outs, and the latest roundup of Q2 application security improvements from Rapid7.

4 min Career Development

Creating an Exceptional Workplace: Building and Expansion in a Post-COVID World

Rapid7 is celebrating the opening of its newly expanded and designed Reading, UK office, located in the Thames Valley District at Forbury Place.

7 min Vulnerability Management

Patch Tuesday - July 2022

One 0-day vulnerability, four Critical RCEs, and a whole bunch of fixes for Azure Site Recovery.

5 min Career Development

The Forecast Is Flipped: Flipping L&D to Ensure Continuous Growth

Here's how Rapid7 moved away from a one-size-fits-all approach to learning and put our Moose in the driver's seat of their development.