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5 min Security Strategy

UPnP With a Holiday Cheer

For today’s discussion, this blog post will only cover the port forwarding services and will also share a Python script you can use to start examining this service.

3 min InsightVM

Set New InsightVM Goals and Share with Your Team for Increased Visibility and More Efficient Execution

Since 2018, thousands of enterprises have utilized InsightVM’s Goals and SLAs feature to build their organization-specific security goals.

3 min Metasploit Weekly Wrapup

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 12/18/20

Exploits for Oracle Solaris CVE-2020-14871 and Windows 7 CVE-2020-1054, plus enhancements and bug fixes for Railgun and msfdb init. Happy HaXmas!

4 min InsightIDR

What’s New in InsightIDR: Q4 2020 in Review

As we near the end of 2020, we wanted to offer a closer look at some of the recent updates and releases in InsightIDR from Q4 2020.

3 min Threat Intel

Sending the All-Clear Signal: The Implications of WhatsApp’s New Data Privacy Policy

Popular messaging app WhatsApp announced new data privacy policy changes set to debut on February 8, much to the chagrin of its massive user base.

3 min Threat Intel

3 Security Regulations Automotive Companies Need to Know

A Rapid7 research report breaking down the cyber threat landscape in the automotive industry shows cyberattacks in the sector have risen rapidly.

3 min InsightVM

How to Gain Visibility Into Audit Logs for Policy Customization in InsightVM

In this blog, we will be focusing on a simple use case that enables your organization to achieve greater visibility into your policy customization process.

1 min Haxmas

Happy HaXmas from the Rapid7 Team!

This year's been a weird one, but we're thrilled that we’re able to keep up our favorite holiday tradition of our annual HaXmas blog series.

4 min Vulnerability Management

The Risky Business: Rapid7 Report Highlights Need for Improved Vulnerability Management Practices

Based on the assessment of 24 service protocols, Rapid7’s NICER revealed key insights about the current state of the internet.

7 min Vulnerability Management

SolarWinds SUNBURST Backdoor Supply Chain Attack: What You Need to Know

On Dec. 12, 2020, FireEye provided detailed information on a widespread attack campaign involving a backdoored component of the SolarWinds Orion platform.

3 min Metasploit

Metasploit Wrap-Up: 12/11/20

This week's wrap-up covers five new modules (including scanner, execution, and disclosure modules), some good fixes and enhancements, and more!

2 min NICER Reports

NICER Protocol Deep Dive: Internet Exposure of etcd

In the latest edition of our NICER Protocol Deep Dive blog series, we break down the internet exposure of etcd.

2 min InsightVM

New All Apps and Asset Report Combines Power of InsightVM and InsightAppSec for Boosted Visibility

When speaking with customers, we continue to hear that they are looking for more visibility into their vulnerability risk management activities.

5 min Under the Hoodie

2020 Under the Hoodie Report Reveals Pen Testers’ Most-Loved Vulnerabilities

Understanding the vulnerabilities that pen testers rely on will help you make sure your organization is prepared to patch particular vulnerabilities.

3 min Metasploit

Congrats to the Winners of the 2020 December Metasploit Community CTF

Thank you all that participated in the 2020 December Metasploit community CTF ! The four day CTF was well received by the community, with 874 teams and 1903 users registered! We’ve included the high-level stats and the competition winners below. If you played the CTF and want to let the Metasploit team know which challenges you found exhilarating, interesting, or infuriating (in a good way, of course), we have a feedback survey