The Face of Penetration Testing is Changing: Announcing Metasploit Pro 5.0.0
2026-03-12T19:23:45Z•50c06f57cdb95a99b8d5e185776437e6dad796e67cc9eb2352500cbc0a9d2420
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What happened
Collection of Rapid7 blog posts (Mar 2026) covering: the release of Metasploit Pro 5.0.0 with a redesigned red‑teaming workflow and new modules; launch of the “Hacktics and Telemetry” podcast discussing recent research (including AI‑centric stories); reporting and detection/enrichment coverage for Iran‑linked cyber activity and associated campaigns; guidance on aligning sensitive data intelligence to exposure risk; March 2026 Patch Tuesday coverage noting 77 Microsoft vulnerabilities and highlighting CVE-2026-21262 (SQL Server elevation‑of‑privilege, CVSS v3 8.8, publicly disclosed); and a how
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