CSOonline

Vulnerability scan vs. penetration test vs. risk analysis: What’s the difference?

You’ve just deployed an ecommerce site for your small business or developed the next hot iPhone MMORGP. Now what? Don’t get hacked! An often overlooked, but very important process in the development ...
Dark Reading

Metasploit Project Sold To 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.
Bleeping Computer

Public BlueKeep Exploit Module Released by MetaSploit

A public exploit module for the BlueKeep Windows vulnerability has been added today to the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework, developed by Rapid7 in collaboration with the ...
Bleeping Computer

MetaSploit Module Created for BlueKeep Flaw, Private for Now

A researcher has created a module for the Metasploit penetration testing framework that exploits the critical BlueKeep vulnerability on vulnerable Windows XP, 7, and Server 2008 machines to achieve ...
Dark Reading

Metasploit: One Year After The Rapid7 Acquisition

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.