Popular offensive hacking toolkit Metasploit now works on hardware, including cars, after a major update to the 13-year old platform. The free-or-paid modular hacking machine now sports plenty of CVE-specific exploitation components that security professionals have long-used for penetration tests and research. An update to the Hardware Bridge API means the platform will now work on variety of hardware including vehicles' CAN buses, one of the main entry points through which cars can be hacked. Rapid7 transportation security research director Craig Smith says Metasploit can be trained to work with almost any vehicle interface. Full news at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/03/metasploit_hardware_upgrade/