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 released2003
Developed byH. D. Moore
Latest stable versionMetasploit 6
Open-sourceNo
Used byBooz Allen Hamilton Holding, Blue Canopy Group, LLC, Cvent Inc

Interesting facts

Metasploit is used in the TV series ‘Mr. Robot’.

Sign up for updates
straight to your inbox