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 ...

Cobalt Strike and Metasploit were the offensive security tools most commonly used to host malware command-and-control (C2) servers in 2020, researchers report. Researchers with Recorded Future's ...

HD Moore wants to simplify pen-testing and simulated hacking attacks against telephone systems. The Metasploit founder has released WarVOX as a free suite of tools to explore, classify and audit a ...

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 ...

Metasploit Pro version 4.0 has been launched by Rapid7. The new Metasploit Pro version claims to add support for integration into security information and event management (SIEM) systems, facilitates ...

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 ...

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.

A fresh look at the penetration testing tool Metasploit reveals the 15-year old hacking tool still has some tricks up its sleeves, even against modern defenses. The popular penetration testing and ...

Developers have released a major update to the Metasploit security testing tool designed to run more smoothly on the Windows operating system. Metasploit 3.0, released early Tuesday morning, has been ...

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 ...