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 ...

The open-source penetration testing tool Metasploit will soon have a commercial version, Metasploit Express, built on the popular Metasploit Framework. The commercial version has been the source of ...

Last week, I got on the phone with HD Moore to ask him how things have been going since he sold Metasploit to Rapid7, sending the open source security world into a frenzy some six months ago. Rapid7 ...

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.

Metasploit Armitage is the GUI version of the famous Metasploit framework. We did an entire series of Metasploit tutorials on this site last month. In this part of BackTrack 5 guide, we will look at ...

In 2025, penetration testing has become one of the most important security practices for large enterprises. With attacks getting faster, more targeted, and harder to detect, organisations can no ...

HD Moore has a matter-of-fact way of talking that belies his uncanny ability to draw the public eye. In just the past month, the 25-year-old Texan, who started the open source Metasploit Project in ...