The Complete Metasploit Guide: Explore effective penetration testing techniques with Metasploit

Master the Metasploit Framework and become an expert in penetration testing.

Key Features

• Gain a thorough understanding of the Metasploit Framework
• Develop the skills to perform penetration testing in complex and highly secure environments
• Learn techniques to integrate Metasploit with the industry’s leading tools

Book Description

Most businesses today are driven by their IT infrastructure, and the tiniest crack in this IT network can bring down the entire business. Metasploit is a pentesting network that can validate your system by performing elaborate penetration tests using the Metasploit Framework to secure your infrastructure.

This Learning Path introduces you to the basic functionalities and applications of Metasploit. Throughout this book, you’ll learn different techniques for programming Metasploit modules to validate services such as databases, fingerprinting, and scanning. You’ll get to grips with post exploitation and write quick scripts to gather information from exploited systems. As you progress, you’ll delve into real-world scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With the help of these case studies, you’ll explore client-side attacks using Metasploit and a variety of scripts built on the Metasploit Framework.

By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll have the skills required to identify system vulnerabilities by using thorough testing.

This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products:

• Metasploit for Beginners by Sagar Rahalkar
• Mastering Metasploit – Third Edition by Nipun Jaswal

What you will learn

• Develop advanced and sophisticated auxiliary modules
• Port exploits from Perl, Python, and many other programming languages
• Bypass modern protections such as antivirus and IDS with Metasploit
• Script attacks in Armitage using the Cortana scripting language
• Customize Metasploit modules to modify existing exploits
• Explore the steps involved in post-exploitation on Android and mobile platforms

Who this book is for

This Learning Path is ideal for security professionals, web programmers, and pentesters who want to master vulnerability exploitation and get the most of the Metasploit Framework. Basic knowledge of Ruby programming and Cortana scripting language is required.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools
2. Setting up Your Environment
3. Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration
4. Information Gathering with Metasploit
5. Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit
6. Client-side Attacks with Metasploit
7. Web Application Scanning with Metasploit
8. Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics
9. Cyber Attack Management with Armitage
10. Extending Metasploit & Exploit Development
11. Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit
12. Reinventing Metasploit
13. The Exploit Formulation Process
14. Porting Exploits
15. Testing Services with Metasploit
16. Virtual Test Grounds and Staging
17. Client-Side Exploitation
18. Metasploit Extended
19. Evasion with Metasploit
20. Metasploit for Secret Agents
21. Visualizing with Armitage
22. Tips and Tricks