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5 min Emerging Threats

Staying Secure in a Global Cyber Conflict

Now that Russia has begun its armed invasion of Ukraine, we should expect increasing risks of cybersecurity attacks and incidents, either as spillover from cyberattacks targeting Ukraine or direct attacks against actors supporting Ukraine.

3 min Detection and Response

Demystifying XDR: How Curated Detections Filter Out the Noise

Forrester Analyst Allie Mellen chats with Rapid7's Sam Adams about how curated detections in XDR fight false positives.

5 min Threat Intel

For Health Insurance Companies, Web Apps Can Be an Open Wound

Misconfigured web apps can leave your defenses wide open. Here's how health insurance providers can harden their web app security and protect their data.

1 min InsightIDR

This CISO Isn’t Real, But His Problems Sure Are

The odds are stacked against this poor guy (and you) now – but a unified Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and SIEM restacks them in your favor.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: 2/18/22

Nagios XI web shell upload module New this week is a Nagios Web Shell Upload module from Rapid7' own Jake Baines , which exploits CVE-2021-37343 . This module builds upon the existing Nagios XI scanner written

5 min Vulnerability Management

What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q4 2021 in Review

As we enter into the new year, we wanted to provide a recap of product releases and features in InsightVM and Nexpose for Q4 2021.

6 min Log4Shell

Log4Shell 2 Months Later: Security Strategies for the Internet's New Normal

On Wednesday, February 16, Rapid7 experts Bob Rudis, Devin Krugly, and Glenn Thorpe sat down for a webinar on the current state of the Log4j vulnerability.

6 min Cloud Security

Cloud Security and Compliance: The Ultimate Frenemies of Financial Services

Here are four ways finserv companies can embrace the love-hate relationship with cloud security and compliance while effectively navigating the need to maintain pace with today's rapid rate of change.

5 min Cloud Security

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

Former CISO Anthony Johnson talks about the latest developments in finserv security and how these developments are being received within the industry.

4 min Public Policy

Prudent Cybersecurity Preparation for the Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Fending off an attack from a well-resourced nation state is a nightmare scenario for cybersecurity teams. Here are some steps your organization can take to bolster its defenses.

7 min Application Security

How InsightAppSec Detects Log4Shell: Your Questions Answered

In this post, we talk about our response to CVE-2021-44228 (a.k.a. Log4Shell) with the Rapid7 InsightAppSec platform.

14 min Research

Dropping Files on a Domain Controller Using CVE-2021-43893

On December 14, 2021, during the Log4Shell chaos, Microsoft published CVE-2021-43893, a remote privelege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows EFS.

2 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: Feb. 11, 2022

Welcome, Little Hippo: PetitPotam Our very own @zeroSteiner ported the PetitPotam exploit to Metasploit this week. This module leverages CVE-2021-36942 , a vulnerability in the Windows Encrypting File System (EFS) API, to capture machine NTLM hashes. This uses the EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function of t

4 min Career Development

The Forecast Is Flipped: How Rapid7 Is Flipping L&D for the Future of Work

Rapid7’s People Development team is leaning into innovation, striving to define the next best practice, and reimagining the possibilities of hybrid learning through flipped content.

4 min Research

Evolving How We Share Rapid7 Research Data

Our goal for Open Data has been to enable others to participate in these efforts, increasing the positive impact across the community.