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.

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 ...

Announced yesterday, the Metasploit project is to be absorbed by security company Rapid7. A FAQ details some of the salient facts of the takeover, confirming that Metasploit will remain open source ...