HD Moore's open-source Metasploit Framework has been rewritten from scratch and released with 177 exploits, 104 payloads and new modules to exploit Wi-Fi driver vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel.

A fresh look at the penetration testing tool Metasploit reveals the 15-year old hacking tool still has some tricks up its sleeves, ... (SGN) payload-encoding scheme,” FireEye wrote.

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 ...

Using Metasploit to target these malware payloads is so staggeringly simple that Check Point says it can be done in 15-minutes, that anybody with basic knowledge in computers and the right ...

A payload is the program or code that is delivered to the victim system. Metasploit has pre-built payloads for this purpose included in the highly useful Meterpreter, or you can develop your own.

The Metasploit Framework has added a crafty new feature to Meterpreter, Metasploit's custom exploit payload, which improves clipboard monitoring. When it comes to Metasploit, I’m an admitted ...

This video demonstrates the ease with which an attacker can create a root shell on a Linux machine using a backdoor Trojan and a Metasploit payload. Via SecurityTube. This video demonstrates the ...

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.

Over IM this morning, HD Moore said Miller designed a large chunk of the Metasploit 3 architecture, built the meterpreter payload system, and generally led the entire win32 shellcode improvement ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Metasploit Project plans to add, sometime during ...