Metasploit's Origin, Browser Bugs & Exposure Management | HD Moore, Founder of runZero & Metasploit

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If you’re in the cybersecurity field, HD Moore, runZero founder and creator of Metasploit, needs no introduction — his work has fundamentally changed how the security industry thinks about vulnerabilities.
In this candid conversation, HD shares the story behind building the world's most widely used penetration testing framework, war stories from the early days of cybersecurity, and how his Month of Browser Bugs Project (which inspired our own Year of Browser Bugs Initiative) spelled the end of ActiveX.
0:00 Introduction, the story behind creating Metasploit
6:42 Transitioning from researcher to founding runZero, trends in exposure management
18:09 HD’s Month of Browser Bugs Project and browser security today
26:51 AI’s soaring valuations and other market trends
35:39 Fundraising from the right investors
40:08 Biases in AI-generated code and baked-in vulnerabilities
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Chapters

1. Introduction, the story behind creating Metasploit (00:00:00)

2. Transitioning from researcher to founding runZero, trends in exposure management (00:06:42)

3. HD’s Month of Browser Bugs Project and browser security today (00:18:09)

4. AI’s soaring valuations and other market trends (00:26:51)

5. Fundraising from the right investors (00:35:59)

6. Biases in AI-generated code and baked-in vulnerabilities (00:40:08)