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SMTP is the key: BPFDoor and AVERAT hitting the network edge

Overview Rapid7 tracked a set of Linux samples that blend into the software and device conventions of the telecom environments they target. The set spans a newly observed BPFDoor variant, a BPF Rekoobe build seen against South Korean targets, a dropper, and six builds of a Linux implant we track as AVERAT, deployed…

Rapid7 Blog

How AI Is Changing the Roles Required in the Security Operations Center

As AI takes on more of the enrichment, correlation, and initial assessment inside the SOC, roles, skills, and KPIs still require deliberate redesign. Security leaders need to decide where automation is dependable, where human judgment should remain decisive, and how teams should be measured when alert handling is no…

Rapid7 Blog

BengalSEO Part 1: Anatomy of the Operation

DFIR Report

From Bing Search to Ransomware: Bumblebee and AdaptixC2 Deliver Akira

DFIR Report