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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

Rsunk your Battleship: An Ocean of Data Exposed through Rsync

Threat Research

Rsunk your Battleship: An Ocean of Data Exposed through Rsync

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Jon Hart

How to Use the InsightVM Policy Compliance Status Report to Measure Benchmark Configurations

Exposure Management

How to Use the InsightVM Policy Compliance Status Report to Measure Benchmark Configurations

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Jesika McEvoy

Rapid7 Partners with AWS Security Hub for Deeper Vulnerability Reporting

Exposure Management

Rapid7 Partners with AWS Security Hub for Deeper Vulnerability Reporting

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Alfred Chung

Windows Event Forwarding: The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard Of

Detection and Response

Windows Event Forwarding: The Best Thing You’ve Never Heard Of

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Josh Frantz

Charting the Forthcoming PHPocalypse in 2019

Threat Research

Charting the Forthcoming PHPocalypse in 2019

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boB Rudis

Metasploit Wrapup 12/14/18

Products and Tools

Metasploit Wrapup 12/14/18

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Shelby Pace

Securing Buckets with Amazon S3 Block Public Access

Threat Research

Securing Buckets with Amazon S3 Block Public Access

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Rapid7

Metasploit Wrapup 12/7/18

Exposure Management

Metasploit Wrapup 12/7/18

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Brendan Watters

Single-Page Applications: The Journey So Far

Products and Tools

Single-Page Applications: The Journey So Far

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Mark Hamill

Seeing Security Scale: Rapid7’s Recap of AWS re:Invent 2018

Security Operations

Seeing Security Scale: Rapid7’s Recap of AWS re:Invent 2018

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Jay Brewer

Did You Remediate That? New InsightVM Executive Report Provides Key Details on Team Progress

Exposure Management

Did You Remediate That? New InsightVM Executive Report Provides Key Details on Team Progress

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Alfred Chung

Congrats to the 2018 Metasploit Community CTF Winners

Products and Tools

Congrats to the 2018 Metasploit Community CTF Winners

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Caitlin Condon