The Dreaded Network Pivot: An Attack Intelligence Story


Rapid7 recently released our 2024 Attack Intelligence Report, a 14-month deep dive into the vulnerability and attacker landscape.

The spiritual successor to their annual Vulnerability Intelligence Report, the AIR includes data from the Rapid7 research team combined with their detection and response and threat intelligence teams. It is designed to provide the clearest view yet into what security professionals face day to day. In this blog, Rapid7 researchers would like to focus on one area of research the AIR highlights: network edge technologies.

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