Security Teams Are Ready To Become More Preemptive. What’s Holding Them Back?

2026-07-09T19:23:44Z5045bc5037b5693207914bdaf1a7a91495faa6210b2ea4ae8e13e985be54c8ac
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What happened

A set of Rapid7 blog posts covering: survey results showing a shift toward preemptive security and widespread adoption of hybrid internal+MDR models; the operational value of continuous red teaming via Vector Command pods; Rapid7 Red Team’s formalized multi-agent AI offensive architecture (using Claude Mythos) and the resulting defender/attacker risk implications; concerns and guidance about AI accelerating vulnerability discovery and the need to modernize vulnerability standards; and Metasploit Framework updates adding multiple modules and payloads (including an unauthenticated Peyara Remote

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2026-07-09T19:23:44Z
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