A website that lists every known security hole in every piece of popular software on earth and serves up software that lets anyone exploit all those holes? It sounds like a terrible idea, a way of ...

The open-source Metasploit Framework 5.0 has long been used by hackers and security professionals alike to break into systems. Now, this popular system penetration testing platform, which enables you ...

The popular Metasploit hacking kit has been upgraded to tackle today's Internet of Things (IoT) devices, granting researchers the opportunity to scour for bugs in modern vehicles. Rapid7 Research ...

Metasploit 6.2.0 has been released with 138 new modules, 148 new improvements/features, and 156 bug fixes since version 6.1.0 was released in August 2021. Metasploit is a penetration testing framework ...

Security product provider Rapid7 has updated its widely used open-source Metasploit exploitation framework, expanding the software so it supports enterprise IT security staff as well as its core ...

Vulnerability management vendor Rapid7 has purchased the popular open-source Metasploit penetration testing tool project and named Metasploit founder HD Moore chief security officer of the company.

Next month, Moore will raise the already-high stakes when Metasploit releases a new piece of code--called eVade-o-Matic--that makes it harder for intrusion-detection systems and antivirus software to ...

Rapid7 the company who brings us the Metasploit penetration testing program is celebrating the 2 year anniversary of their acquisition of Metasploit with the release of a new free Community edition.

When Rapid7 bought the Metasploit Project exactly one year ago this week, there were rumblings of concern that the open-source penetration testing tool would lose its identity and go all commercial.

Security researchers from AlienVault have discovered a new malware strain named GZipDe that appears to be part of a targeted attack —most likely a cyber-espionage campaign. Researchers discovered this ...