metasploit

eSecurityPlanet: Open source Metasploit (usually runs on Linux!) improves session handling and oh yeah, Apple exploitation.

This article introduces Armitage, a new GUI for Metasploit built around the hacking process. Today, I will show you how to use Armitage to scan a Linux host, find the right exploit, exploit the host, and handle post-exploitation.

Datamation: "The Metasploit open source vulnerability testing framework is out this week with a new release boosting its exploit count and adding new Java, brute force and exploit automation technologies."

InternetNews: "When it comes to IT security, is the best defense a good offense? That's the thinking behind the open source Metasploit vulnerability testing framework, which is out with its new 3.3 release this week..."

Netstat -vat: "The open source Metasploit penetration testing framework has been acquired by a firm called Rapid7."