The wildly popular Metasploit hacking tool for the first time is now officially open source, open-license technology that can be incorporated into commercial tools. The free research and penetration ...

When Rapid7 bought the Metasploit Project exactly one year ago this week, there were rumblings of concern that the open-source penetration testing tool would lose its identity and go all commercial.

Announced yesterday, the Metasploit project is to be absorbed by security company Rapid7. HD Moore, creator of the Metasploit project announced the acquisition in his blog yesterday. In the posting, ...