After seven years, Metasploit Framework, the popular open-source hacking and security tool, has been given a major update.

The first major milestone update to the open-source Metasploit Framework since 2011 is now available, making it easier for security researchers to test cyber-security defenses against exploits.

The Metasploit Framework itself will continue to be free and open source. The launch of Metasploit Community coincides with the second anniversary of Rapid7’s acquisition of the Metasploit project.

Brief: Metasploit Framework 3.0 contains 177 exploits, 104 payloads, 17 encoders and 30 auxiliary modules that perform such tasks as host discovery and protocol fuzzing.

A fresh look at the penetration testing tool Metasploit reveals the 15-year old hacking tool still has some tricks up its sleeves even against modern defenses.

There is now a working exploit for the MS12-020 RDP vulnerability in the Metasploit Framework, and researchers are working on a remote code execution exploit too.

Rapid7 releases Metasploit Pro version 4 with improved automation features and new SIEM and cloud-based pen-testing support.

Document shows you how to use Metasploit Framework. An upcoming column (4/21/06) will discuss using Metasploit (www.metasploit.org) Framework to test vulnerabilities. This accompanying blog entry ...

The Metasploit framework which powers both the community and commercial versions is open source and Moore says that will also always be the case.

In my first installment in this series on professional hacking tools, we downloaded and installed Metasploit, the exploitation framework. Now, we will begin to explore the Metasploit Framework and ...