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Metasploit Wrapup 1/18/19

Exposure Management

Metasploit Wrapup 1/18/19

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Jeffrey Martin

Rapid7 Included in 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for Commitment to Diversity

Industry Trends

Rapid7 Included in 2019 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for Commitment to Diversity

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Christina Luconi

What WannaCry Taught Me About the Benefits of Agents in VM Programs

Detection and Response

What WannaCry Taught Me About the Benefits of Agents in VM Programs

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Steven Campbell

How AWS and InsightVM Can Help You Securely Move to the Cloud

Products and Tools

How AWS and InsightVM Can Help You Securely Move to the Cloud

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Martin Nielsen

Metasploit Wrap-Up 1/12/19

Products and Tools

Metasploit Wrap-Up 1/12/19

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Jacob Robles

Metasploit Framework 5.0 Released!

Products and Tools

Metasploit Framework 5.0 Released!

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Brent Cook

Did You Remediate That? Take Control of Risk by Knowing Your Top 25 Vulnerabilities

Exposure Management

Did You Remediate That? Take Control of Risk by Knowing Your Top 25 Vulnerabilities

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Justin Buchanan

What You Can Learn from Our Successful Simulated Phishing Attack of 45 CEOs

Detection and Response

What You Can Learn from Our Successful Simulated Phishing Attack of 45 CEOs

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Leo Varela

Metasploit Wrap-Up 1/4/19

Products and Tools

Metasploit Wrap-Up 1/4/19

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Erin Bleiweiss

Happy HaXmas! Year-End Internet Scanning Observations

Threat Research

Happy HaXmas! Year-End Internet Scanning Observations

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Jon Hart

Santa's ELFs: Running Linux Executables Without execve

Exposure Management

Santa's ELFs: Running Linux Executables Without execve

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Adam Cammack

The Ghost of Exploits Past: A Deep Dive into the Morris Worm

Threat Research

The Ghost of Exploits Past: A Deep Dive into the Morris Worm

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William Vu

HaXmas Review: 12 Patch Tuesdays a-Patching

Detection and Response

HaXmas Review: 12 Patch Tuesdays a-Patching

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Greg Wiseman

The Layer 8(th) Day of Christmas: Rapid7 Pen Testers Reveal Social Engineering Insights at Recent Conference

Exposure Management

The Layer 8(th) Day of Christmas: Rapid7 Pen Testers Reveal Social Engineering Insights at Recent Conference

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Patrick Laverty

Advice for the Lazy Family Sysadmin

Exposure Management

Advice for the Lazy Family Sysadmin

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Brent Cook

Once a Haxer, Always a Haxor

Threat Research

Once a Haxer, Always a Haxor

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Deral Heiland

The New Shiny: Memorable Metasploit Moments of 2018

Products and Tools

The New Shiny: Memorable Metasploit Moments of 2018

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Caitlin Condon

R7-2018-52: Guardzilla IoT Video Camera Hard-Coded Credential (CVE-2018-5560)

Vulnerabilities and Exploits

R7-2018-52: Guardzilla IoT Video Camera Hard-Coded Credential (CVE-2018-5560)

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Tod Beardsley

The Return of Snapid Kevin to the North Pole

Exposure Management

The Return of Snapid Kevin to the North Pole

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Jonathan Stines

The 12 Days of HaXmas: A Festive Blog Series Recapping Security in 2018

Exposure Management

The 12 Days of HaXmas: A Festive Blog Series Recapping Security in 2018

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Tod Beardsley

Metasploit Wrapup 12/21/18

Products and Tools

Metasploit Wrapup 12/21/18

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Sonny Gonzalez