4 min
Research
The Hidden Harm of Silent Patches
Silent patches limit who understands how to exploit a vulnerability, which sounds like a great plan — but there's a catch.
7 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - May 2022
This month is par for the course in terms of both number and severity of vulnerabilities being patched by Microsoft. There is one 0-day this month: CVE-2022-26925, a Spoofing vulnerability in the Windows Local Security Authority (LSA) subsystem.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
How to Strategically Scale Vendor Management and Supply Chain Security
Here are simple changes that can help you provide more impactful supply chain security guidance and controls to decrease risk.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q1 2022 in Review
The product updates our vulnerability management (VM) team has made to InsightVM and Nexpose in the last quarter will empower you to stay in charge — not the vulnerabilities.
11 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - April 2022
From Defender to Windows, Office to Azure, this month’s Patch Tuesday has a large swath of Microsoft’s portfolio getting vulnerabilities fixed. 119 CVEs were addressed today, not including the 26 Chromium vulnerabilities that were fixed in the Edge browser.
5 min
Ransomware
4 Fallacies That Keep SMBs Vulnerable to Ransomware, Pt. 2
In our second blog in this two-part series, Datto Inc. CISO Ryan Weeks outlines the third and fourth fallacies that perpetuate ransomware risk for SMBs.
4 min
Research
Analyzing the Attack Landscape: Rapid7’s 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Rapid7’s 2021 Vulnerability Intelligence Report provides a landscape view and expert analysis of critical vulnerabilities and threats.
5 min
Ransomware
4 Fallacies That Keep SMBs Vulnerable to Ransomware, Pt. 1
In this two-part blog series, we will present four common mistakes SMBs make when thinking about ransomware risk.
4 min
Vulnerability Management
The VM Lifecycle: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
In this post, we explore the concept of a vulnerability management lifecycle, providing practical guidance and definitions.
6 min
Vulnerability Management
InsightVM Scanning: Demystifying SSH Credential Elevation
In this post, we look at the different ways SSH credentials can be elevated for scanning in InsightVM.
8 min
Vulnerability Management
Patch Tuesday - March 2022
March 2022's Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft addressing 71 CVEs (excluding Chromium/Edge), 3 of which are considered Critical.
3 min
Vulnerability Management
InsightVM Scan Engine: Understanding MAC Address Discovery
When scanning an asset, one key piece of data that the InsightVM Scan Engine collects is the MAC address of the network interface used during the connection.
5 min
Vulnerability Management
What's New in InsightVM and Nexpose: Q4 2021 in Review
As we enter into the new year, we wanted to provide a recap of product releases and features in InsightVM and Nexpose for Q4 2021.
6 min
Log4Shell
Log4Shell 2 Months Later: Security Strategies for the Internet's New Normal
On Wednesday, February 16, Rapid7 experts Bob Rudis, Devin Krugly, and Glenn Thorpe sat down for a webinar on the current state of the Log4j vulnerability.
14 min
Research
Dropping Files on a Domain Controller Using CVE-2021-43893
On December 14, 2021, during the Log4Shell chaos, Microsoft published CVE-2021-43893, a remote privelege escalation vulnerability affecting Windows EFS.