4 min
Vulnerability Management
Building a Holistic VRM Strategy That Includes the Web Application Layer
Co-sponsored by Forrester, a recent Rapid7 webcast expounds upon the topics discussed in this blog post.
2 min
News
VMware vCenter Server CVE-2021-21972 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability: What You Need to Know
On Feb. 23, 2021, VMware published an advisory describing three weaknesses affecting VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter Server, and VMware Cloud Foundation.
4 min
InsightVM
New InsightVM Dashboard Helps You Discover Significant Changes in Your Environment from the Past 30 Days
Organizations are in a constant struggle to identify and reduce risks in their constantly changing environments
4 min
Vulnerability Disclosure
CVE-2021-22652: Advantech iView Missing Authentication RCE (FIXED)
Advantech iView versions prior to 5.7.03.6112 suffer from an instance of "CWE-306: Missing Authentication For Critical Function."
7 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - February 2021
The second Patch Tuesday of 2021 is relatively light on the vulnerability count,
with 64 CVEs being addressed across the majority of Microsoft’s product
families. Despite that, there’s still plenty to discuss this month.
Vulnerability Breakdown by Software Family
FamilyVulnerability CountWindows28ESU14Microsoft Office11Browser9Developer Tools
8Microsoft Dynamics2Exchange Server2Azure2System Center2Exploited and Publicly
Disclosed Vulnerabilities
One zero-day was announced: CVE-2021-1732
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2 min
News
Cisco Patches Recently Disclosed "sudo" Vulnerability (CVE-2021-3156) in Multiple Products
Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in most of their product portfolio.
2 min
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability Scanning With the Metasploit Remote Check Service (Beta Release)
InsightVM and Nexpose customers can now harness the power of the Metasploit community to assess their exposure to the latest threats.
1 min
Vulnerability Management
Upcoming Rapid7 Webcast: How Far Does Your VRM Strategy Go?
Web applications have been growing in complexity over the past several years, while also becoming the preferred method for attackers looking to capitalize.
7 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - January 2021
We arrive at the first Patch Tuesday of 2021 (2021-Jan
[https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2021-Jan]) with 83
vulnerabilities across our standard spread of products. Windows Operating
System vulnerabilities dominated this month's advisories, followed by Microsoft
Office (which includes the SharePoint family of products), and lastly some from
less frequent products such as Microsoft System Center and Microsoft SQL Server.
Vulnerability Breakdown by Software Family
FamilyVulnera
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
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.
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.
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.