Metasploit makes browser hacks easier
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The new version of Metasploit - the vulnerability testing tool - will make it easier for network security testers to infiltrate web browsers, its developer claims.
Speaking at the SecTor conference in Toronto, H D Moore told crowds that version 3.2 of the open source tool would allow to expand their range of network security attacks using strengthened and novel tools with names such as Browser AutoPwn and Evil Wireless Access Point.
There are also a number of new "man in the middle" attacks, which divert users away from their intended location by hijacking web requests, internetnews.com notes.
"It will abuse the HTTP security model, stealing cookies and saved form data," Moore explained.
"For http we do a whole bunch of evil things to a browser."
The Metasploit project website insists that the software is intended for experimental purposes only and is designed to improve network security installations.
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