Rapid7, Inc., a Boston-based leader in threat detection and exposure management, announced on July 23, 2025, that its Rapid7 Labs researchers will present four sessions at Black Hat USA 2025 (August 2–7) and DEF CON 33 (August 7–10) in Las Vegas. Selected from hundreds of submissions, these sessions highlight groundbreaking research on emerging cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities, featuring live demonstrations of attack techniques and open-source tools. Rapid7 Labs, with 25 years of security expertise, drives innovation through its Intelligence Hub, launched in 2025, and tools like Metasploit, serving over 11,000 global customers. The finance card above shows RPD’s stock at $22.979, down 41% YTD, with a $1.47 billion market cap, amid a $20 billion threat detection market projected to reach $35 billion by 2030.
Announced July 23, 2025: Rapid7 Labs to present four sessions at Black Hat USA 2025 and DEF CON 33.
Topics: Metasploit enhancements, IoT exploitation, Synology NAS vulnerabilities, and embedded device testing.
RPD stock at $22.979, down 41% YTD; market cap $1.47B (finance card above).
Q1 2025: EPS -$0.08 (missed $0.13 forecast), revenue up 10% to $205M.
Threat detection market at $20B, projected to reach $35B by 2030.
Rapid7 serves 11,000+ customers with Intelligence Hub and open-source tools.
Rapid7 Labs’ sessions, announced on July 23, 2025, showcase cutting-edge cybersecurity research at Black Hat USA 2025 and DEF CON 33, as outlined by Chief Scientist Raj Samani: “These conferences are critical for fostering collaboration.” The lineup includes:
Metasploit's Latest Capabilities (August 6, 11:00 AM PDT, Black Hat, Arsenal Station 6): Spencer McIntyre and Jack Heysel will demo new Metasploit features, including SMB-to-LDAP/HTTP relaying, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) attacks, and “PoolParty” process injection, enabling ESC vulnerability exploitation and lateral movement in complex domains.
Akheron Proxy (August 6, 11:00 AM PDT, Black Hat, Arsenal Station 9): Deral Heiland (Rapid7) and Matthew Kienow (runZero) will present Akheron Proxy, a tool for real-time capture, decoding, and fuzzing of serial communications between microprocessors, enhancing embedded device security testing.
Cellular-Based IoT Exploitation (August 7, 3:20 PM PDT, Black Hat, Oceanside C): Deral Heiland and Carlota Bindner (Thermo Fisher Scientific) will analyze adversary exploitation of cellular IoT devices, offering live demos and manufacturer mitigation strategies.
DisguiseDelimit: Synology NAS Vulnerability (August 8, 2:00 PM PDT, DEF CON 33, Las Vegas Convention Center): Ryan Emmons will reveal a critical Synology NAS vulnerability enabling root-level remote code execution, featuring a Pwn2Own 2024-recognized Linux exploitation technique.
Founded in 2000, Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) commands a $1.47 billion market cap, with its stock at $22.979, down 41% YTD from $38.95 in July 2024, per the finance card above. Q1 2025 reported an EPS of -$0.08, missing estimates of $0.13, though revenue grew 10% to $205 million, per Yahoo Finance. Rapid7’s Intelligence Hub, launched in 2025, unifies global threat intelligence, enhancing its InsightVM, InsightIDR, and Metasploit offerings for 11,000+ customers. The $20 billion threat detection market, with 65% of enterprises adopting AI-driven solutions, is projected to reach $35 billion by 2030, per 2025 reports. Rapid7’s open-source tools, like Metasploit and Velociraptor, and projects like Project Sonar, strengthen its community-driven approach, competing with CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks.
The cybersecurity sector faces rising AI-driven threats, with 60% of firms reporting increased ransomware incidents, per 2025 reports. Posts on X from @rapid7 highlight excitement for the sessions, emphasizing live demos and new tools, though some note stock volatility post-earnings. Rapid7’s 2024 launches, like Active Patching with Automox, and its 3.3 trillion weekly security events analysis underscore its innovation, per its website. Competitors like SafeBreach, presenting at Black Hat 2024, focus on breach simulation, but Rapid7’s open-source and intelligence-driven approach offers a 20% faster threat detection edge, per internal metrics. The Black Hat and DEF CON sessions are expected to enhance Rapid7’s influence, with analysts projecting 12% revenue growth in 2025.
Rapid7 Labs’ presentations at Black Hat USA 2025 and DEF CON 33 reinforce its leadership in threat detection, empowering the cybersecurity community with actionable insights and tools to combat evolving threats.
Rapid7, Inc. is on a mission to create a safer digital world by making cybersecurity simpler and more accessible. We empower security professionals to manage a modern attack surface through our best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise. Rapid7’s comprehensive security solutions help more than 11,000 global customers unite cloud risk management with threat detection and response to reduce attack surfaces and eliminate threats with speed and precision.
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