Nowhere is the adage "seeing is believing" more true than in cybersecurity. A demonstration of an adverse outcome can cause people to take a risk more seriously. Astute practitioners, for example, ...

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 ...

Is there such a thing as a security tool that’s too effective? Sounds silly. You’d probably never hear of a firewall being called too effective or an encryption algorithm as being too un-crackable.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Bond and Rapid7 announced today at the S4 Conference the release of a new Metasploit module to exploit the GE D20 PLC, and a partnership to move ...

The Metasploit Project takes penetration testing to a whole new level, not only finding vulnerabilities in applications, but also providing exploit code that so-called white hat and black hat hackers ...

Currently, the only public proof-of-concept exploit code for the infamous BlueKeep vulnerability is a module for the Metasploit penetration testing framework. The BlueKeep Metasploit module was put ...

Has H.D. Moore gone too far? Moore's like many security researchers who gin up publicity for the software flaws they find, as he did with his bug-a-day stunt highlighting browser weaknesses in July.

If you’ve spent any time in penetration testing, chances are you’ve crossed paths with Metasploit. The second edition of Metasploit tries to bring the book in line with how pentesters are using the ...

Internet Explorer exploit code used in the so-called Aurora attacks out of China against Google and other companies has been posted online -- and now the popular Metasploit hacking tool has released a ...

Metasploit is the world’s most used penetration testing framework. It helps security teams verify vulnerabilities, manage security assessments, and improve security awareness. Metasploit 6.2.0 is now ...

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 ...