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5 min Security Operations (SOC)

Helping us help you: Practical applications of AI in the SOC

Whether or not you're a customer of Rapid7’s managed security offerings, it's worth understanding how AI is already transforming security operations today – not as a vague promise of the future, but as a real, tangible advantage in the fight against cyber threats.

4 min Exposure Command

Seeing The Whole Picture: A Better Way To Manage Your Attack Surface

With cloud adoption, remote work, shadow IT, and AI, security teams face an overwhelming challenge: scoping their attack surface and continuously discovering all assets and exposures before threats emerge.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up 03/06/2025

New module content (3) Get NAA Credentials Authors: skelsec, smashery, and xpn Type: Auxiliary Pull request: #19712 contributed by smashery Path: admin/sccm/get_naa_credentials Description: Adds an auxiliary module which performs the retrieval of Network Access Account (NAA) credentials from an System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) server. Given a computer name and password (which can typically be cr

3 min Events

Inside the Take Command Summit 2025 Agenda: What’s in Store for This Year’s Event?

Join Take Command 2025, a free virtual cybersecurity event on April 9. Hear from industry experts on AI-driven security, real-world attack simulations, and frontline SOC threat hunting strategies. Register now!

2 min Emergent Threat Response

Multiple Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Broadcom VMware ESXi and Other Products

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, Broadcom published a critical security advisory (VMSA-2025-0004) on 3 new zero-day vulnerabilities affecting multiple VMware products, including ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion.

4 min Career Development

Building a High Performance Team in India: Meet Swami Nathan

Swami Nathan has a track record of building new teams from scratch for global companies. Through his experiences, he’s identified what it takes to build not just any team, but a high performing team that drives innovation for business while propelling career trajectories for those who take the ride.

2 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up: 02/28/2025

New module content (5) mySCADA myPRO Manager Credential Harvester (CVE-2025-24865 and CVE-2025-22896) Author: Michael Heinzl Type: Auxiliary Pull request: #19878 contributed by h4x-x0r Path: admin/scada/mypro_mgr_creds AttackerKB reference: CVE-2025-22896 Description: This module adds credential harvesting for MySCADA MyPro Manager using CVE-20

3 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Why MDR In 2025 Is About Scaling With Purpose

Forrester recently released “The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services, Q1 2025,", highlighting the top 10 MDR providers out of more than 600 worldwide.

4 min Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

MDR + SIEM: Why Full Access to Your Security Logs is Non-Negotiable

Pairing MDR with a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution ensures complete transparency, enabling real-time investigation, historical threat hunting, compliance readiness, and deeper threat insights.

5 min Exposure Command

Uncovering and Protecting Sensitive Data Across Cloud Environments with Exposure Command

This enhancement enables organizations to centralize sensitive data insights across their cloud environments, providing a unified view of data risks and exposures.

3 min Exposure Command

Command Platform Innovations Eliminate Data Blind Spots Through Complete Visibility and Context-Driven Risk Prioritization

Sensitive Data Discovery in Exposure Command delivers continuous visibility into sensitive data across multicloud environments, ensuring that security teams can proactively protect high-value assets.

3 min Penetration Testing

Under The Hoodie: The Pen Test Diaries

Welcome to Under the Hoodie, where we share stories straight from the frontlines of ethical hacking. Below are real accounts from our testers, revealing just how easy it can be to break into supposedly secure environments.

2 min Metasploit

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 02/21/2025

BeyondTrust exploit + fetch payload updates This Metasploit release includes an exploit module that chains two vulnerabilities, one exploited in the wild by APT groups and another one, a 0-day discovered by Rapid7 during the vulnerability analysis. This week's release also includes a significant enhancement to Metasploit's fetch payloads, which now support PPC, MIPS and ARM architectures. This allows the payloads to be use

2 min Events

Take Command | Rapid7’s 2025 Cybersecurity Summit: First Look at Our Speaker Lineup

Take Command Summit 2025 takes place on April 9, 2025, as a fully virtual, one-day event. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from industry leaders, engage with Rapid7 experts, and walk away with actionable security strategies.

2 min Exposure Management

Rapid7 Fills Gaps in the CVE Assessment Process with AI-Generated Vulnerability Scoring in Exposure Command

To address this widening gap in vulnerability scoring and ensure our customers are making informed decisions with the most accurate understanding of their current risk posture we’re excited to announce the release of AI-Generated Risk Scoring in Exposure Command.