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Metasploit
A security testing framework. It is used for identifying security vulnerabilities and improving security awareness. It supports automated penetration tests, which help eliminate the possibility of a threat before it becomes one, and thus, assume the attacker's position.
| First released | 2003 |
| Developed by | H. D. Moore |
| Latest stable version | Metasploit 6 |
| Open-source | No |
| Used by | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding, Blue Canopy Group, LLC, Cvent Inc |
Interesting facts
Metasploit is used in the TV series ‘Mr. Robot’.