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• LogRhythm and Rapid7 partner on threat protection and security analytics

  20.03.2013

  LogRhythm and Rapid7 announced API-level integrations of the LogRhythm SIEM 2.0 platform with both the Rapid7 Nexpose vulnerability management product and the Rapid7 Metasploit Pro penetration testing solution.

• Metasploit supports Kali Linux free security auditing toolkit

  13.03.2013

  Rapid7 is working with Offensive Security to provide official Metasploit support for Kali Linux, the enterprise-ready evolution of BackTrack Linux.

• Metasploit Pro 4.5 released

  07.12.2012

  Rapid7 released a new version of Metasploit Pro, which introduces advanced capabilities to simulate social engineering attacks.

• Nepalese government websites serving backdoor

  09.08.2012

  Two websites belonging to the Nepalese government have been injected with malicious code that tries to take advantage of a Java vulnerability (CVE-2012-0507) in order to download a backdoor RAT on the visitors' machines, Websense warns.

• Unpatched Microsoft flaw actively exploited in the wild

  18.06.2012

  When Microsoft released a security advisory detailing a critical flaw in Microsoft XML Core Services and its corresponding "Fix it" mitigation solution last week, it made sure to note that it was aware of the flaw being misused in "active attacks".

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Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal

Posted on 11 June 2013.  |  Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.