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Metasploit finds another way to go commercial

The Metasploit Project has found a way to go commercial without turning its design team into suits, as it was acquired by Rapid7. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Commercial, Dana Blankenhorn, Metasploit, Metasploit Project, Team Management, Management

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Metasploit Project's site hijacked through ARP poisoning

Metasploit Project's site hijacked through ARP poisoningTime to hold the Chinese's feet to the fire on thisIf Beijing is serious about being a respected member of the world community, it should suppress hacking as much as other countries at the first tier of world power do.Instead, the evidence is good...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, ARP Poisoning, Metasploit Project, ARP

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Code attacking Windows flaw posted

Attack code exploiting a recently-patched vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows operating system has been posted to the Internet, PC World reports The software was added to the widely used Metasploit project--a favorite of both security researchers and malicious hackers--at around 1 a.m. Thursday morning Pacific Time, according to H.D. Moore,...

Tags: Metasploit Project, hacker, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-08-11

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News to know: Wolfram Alpha; iPhone developers; Windows 7; Cyberwar

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Wolfram Alpha: 'A new paradigm for using computers and the web' Nova Spivak: Wolfram Alpha is Coming â€" and It Could be as...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-09

News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Attack, Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

From Metasploit to Microsoft: Skape goes to Redmond

Metasploit developer Matt Miller, who for years frustrated Microsoft officials with the public release of Windows exploits, is heading to Redmond to join Microsoft's Security Science team. Miller, who uses the hacker moniker Skape,will work on improved ways to find security vulnerabilities and better software defenses through...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Corp., Matt Miller, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-18

HD Moore pwned with his own DNS exploit, vulnerable AT&T DNS servers to blame

A week after |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit, HD Moore's company BreakingPoint has suffered a traffic redirection to a rogue Google site, thanks to the already poisoned cache at AT&T servers to which his company was forwarding DNS traffic : "It happened on Tuesday...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., DNS, DNS Server, AT&T Corp., Server, Attack, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-30

News to know: Apple; AMD; Metasploit; Yahoo; Open SUSE

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Wagering on WWDC 2008 TUAW: Rumor: Mac OS X 10.6 to debut at WWDC 08? News.com: Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday Tech Trader Daily: How Big Is The Potential Market For the Apple iPhone? ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., SuSE, E-TEN, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-06-04

Metasploit Project's site hijacked through ARP poisoning

Metasploit, the open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code, got its official project site briefly hijacked on Monday by a well known member of the Chinese underground who left the following message offering a new zero day exploit for sale - "hacked by sunwear! just for fun! ring04h...

Tags: Zero-day Bug, ARP, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Core Security names Hatton CEO; Aims to broaden pen testing

Core Security Technologies on Monday named Mark Hatton CEO. Hatton was the president of North American operations for Sophos. Last year, Core lost CEO Paul Paget and product manager Max Caceres, who is well known in the penetration testing world. Hatton's mission is to grow the company,...

Tags: Problem, Core Security Technologies, Mark Hatton, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-10

Debating the most influential security folks list

Ryan Naraine has cooked up a list of the most influential people in security. Here's the list packaged in a slideshow, which is annoyingly set on fast forward. For instance, I viewed two slides, went to bathroom and by time came back the gallery was over (and...

Tags: Google Inc., Ryan Naraine, Team Management, Security, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-13

MetaSploit launches version 3.1, improves Windows GUI, supports iPhone

The Metasploit Project released version 3.1 of its exploit development and attack framework. Key additions include a better Windows interface and support for the iPhone. Metasploit, the brainchild of H D Moore, is an open source tool that outlines attack vectors. In a blog post announcing the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, GUI, Exploit, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-28

Use Metasploit Framework to develop functional exploits faster and with less effort

The security tool Metasploit Framework MSF was the first open-source and freely available exploit development framework, and since 2003, it has grown to be one of the security community's most popular tools. Investigate the usefulness of the Metasploit project suite of tools while bridging the gap between exploitation theory and...

Tags: Security, Exploit, Tool, Syngress, Productivity

Book chapters 2007-06-15

Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected mode

Firefox ANI exploit on the way - no protected modeOpera MAY be immune to this, I am checking atmIf someone has Vista and metasploit, could they please try this exploit with Opera 9.1 / 9.2beta please.Nice deflectionWhile the "ANI exploit" may be exploitable through FireFox it is in fact MS's...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Windows patch, Mozilla Firefox, protected mode, security, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-03

Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles

Amidst concerns that pedophiles are using public Tor the Onion Router servers to trade in child pornography, über-hacker HD Moore is building a tracking system capable of pinpointing specific workstations that searched for and downloaded sexual images and videos of kids.Moore, the brains behind the Metasploit Project, has come up...

Tags: Privacy, Open source, Metasploit, Exploit code, Spyware and Adware, Punditocracy, Vulnerability research, Browsers, Patch Watch, Hackers

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Apple Airport Extreme Wi-Fi flaw triggers kernel panic

A new vulnerability in Apples Airport Extreme dealing with 802.11 beacon frames has been partially disclosed by the MoKB project. The discovery was made by researcher LMH who started the MoKB on 11/6/2006 and was reported to Apple on 11/25/2006 with case number #4849XXX. ...

Tags: Security, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, Apple, flaw, Apple Computer Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-01

Critical Broadcom Windows driver exploit released!

The MoKB Month of Kernel Bug project has released a Metasploit 3.0 kernel-level driver exploit for Broadcom based Wireless LAN devices for Windows 2000 and XP. The flaw was discovered by researcher "Johnny Cache" and had been privately disclosed to Broadcom so that they could prepare...

Tags: Security, Mobile/Wireless, Networking, News

Blog posts 2006-11-11

Google accidentally sends out e-mail worm

Google accidentally sends out e-mail wormIts trueLook at whats been happening to Google as of lately. Purchasing like no other, coming up with apps that are hardly being used, wasting stock holders money. When you add all this up it makes a lot of sense that they deliberately...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Operating systems, SECURITY, UNIX, e-mail, Google Inc., Linux, Google Accidentally, worm, virus, Microsoft Windows, e-mail worm

Discussion threads 2006-11-08

Zero-day exploit released for unpatched Apple Airport Driver!

The MoKB Month of Kernel Bugs has started and a zero-day kernel-level exploit for an unpatched Apple Airport Driver has been released to the public with a full proof-of-concept.  The flaw was found by HD Moore of the Metasploit project and it will be rolled in...

Tags: exploit, Apple Computer Inc., Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Linux/BSD still exposed to WMF exploit through WINE!

While news of Microsoft's official patch for the WMF exploit reaches the web, I just received an email from H D Moore (founder of the metasploit project and creator of the original proof-of-concept WMF exploit code) that WINE was still vulnerable to the WMF exploit. He was kind enough...

Tags: Wine, patch, Microsoft Windows Metafile

Blog posts 2006-01-05