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 ...

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.

Automated security tools have been one of the most significant advancements in information security. Automation has become a necessity given the increasing complexity of networks and software -- and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Metasploit is a penetration testing framework that makes hacking simple. It’s an essential tool for many attackers and defenders. Point Metasploit at your target, pick an exploit, what payload to drop ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rapid7, the leading provider of security risk intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of Metasploit® Community Edition: a new free addition to the Metasploit family ...

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 ...