Metasploit's self-proclaimed quest is to help IT pros verify the security of the software they buy or write. "Without exploit code, penetration testers can't do their jobs, [intrusion ...

So Metasploit will only inspire loyalty if exploits continue to be added quickly. Do you expect the commitment to the FOSS project to continue now that Express has entered the market?

The Metasploit Framework is a popular tool for white hat penetration testers. It adds working exploits for many of the latest vulnerabilities in popular applications and is also known for being ...

The Metasploit Project today updated its signature open-source exploit framework to Version 3.1, adding a new graphical interface for Windows that will boost the number of researchers and hackers ...

Frequent Metasploit contributor Eric Romang stumbled upon the IE exploit when he probed one of the servers he claimed was operated by the “Nitro” hacker gang, which used a zero-day in Oracle ...

Hexstrike AI, a free open-source AI platform, is rapidly being repurposed by threat actors to automate and accelerate ...

Hackers make the Metasploit exploit more effective, and thus more appealing to cybercriminals Hackers working on the open-source Metasploit project have spiffed up a zero-day attack on Microsoft ...

Hackers working on the open-source Metasploit project have spiffed up a zero-day attack on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, making it more reliable -- and more likely to be used by criminals.

Metasploit, an exploit testing framework created by noted security researcher and hacker HD Moore, has been dubbed a tripwire of sorts by Symantec in the past.

The information security community stands to benefit from Rapid7's acquisition of Metasploit, IT security experts say. But much depends on how Rapid7 handles its new property.

For his part, Moore defended Metasploit’s practice of providing working exploits to anyone. “Since the bug is 1) public and 2) widely exploited, we feel that adding an exploit module is the ...