Mastering Metasploit
Take your penetration testing and IT security skills to a whole new level with the secrets of Metasploit
3rd Edition
Published on 23. September 2024
492 pages
978-1-78899-420-0 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the next level of network defense with the Metasploit framework
Key Features
Gain the skills to carry out penetration testing in complex and highly-secured environments
Become a master using the Metasploit framework, develop exploits, and generate modules for a variety of real-world scenarios
Get this completely updated edition with new useful methods and techniques to make your network robust and resilient
Book DescriptionWe start by reminding you about the basic functionalities of Metasploit and its use in the most traditional ways. You'll get to know about the basics of programming Metasploit modules as a refresher and then dive into carrying out exploitation as well building and porting exploits of various kinds in Metasploit. In the next section, you'll develop the ability to perform testing on various services such as databases, Cloud environment, IoT, mobile, tablets, and similar more services. After this training, we jump into real-world sophisticated scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With real-life case studies, we take you on a journey through client-side attacks using Metasploit and various scripts built on the Metasploit framework. By the end of the book, you will be trained specifically on time-saving techniques using Metasploit. What you will learn
Develop advanced and sophisticated auxiliary modules
Port exploits from PERL, Python, and many more programming languages
Test services such as databases, SCADA, and many more
Attack the client side with highly advanced techniques
Test mobile and tablet devices with Metasploit
Bypass modern protections such as an AntiVirus and IDS with Metasploit
Simulate attacks on web servers and systems with Armitage GUI
Script attacks in Armitage using CORTANA scripting
Who this book is forThis book is a hands-on guide to penetration testing using Metasploit and covers its complete development. It shows a number of techniques and methodologies that will help you master the Metasploit framework and explore approaches to carrying out advanced penetration testing in highly secured environments.
Key Features
Gain the skills to carry out penetration testing in complex and highly-secured environments
Become a master using the Metasploit framework, develop exploits, and generate modules for a variety of real-world scenarios
Get this completely updated edition with new useful methods and techniques to make your network robust and resilient
Book DescriptionWe start by reminding you about the basic functionalities of Metasploit and its use in the most traditional ways. You'll get to know about the basics of programming Metasploit modules as a refresher and then dive into carrying out exploitation as well building and porting exploits of various kinds in Metasploit. In the next section, you'll develop the ability to perform testing on various services such as databases, Cloud environment, IoT, mobile, tablets, and similar more services. After this training, we jump into real-world sophisticated scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With real-life case studies, we take you on a journey through client-side attacks using Metasploit and various scripts built on the Metasploit framework. By the end of the book, you will be trained specifically on time-saving techniques using Metasploit. What you will learn
Develop advanced and sophisticated auxiliary modules
Port exploits from PERL, Python, and many more programming languages
Test services such as databases, SCADA, and many more
Attack the client side with highly advanced techniques
Test mobile and tablet devices with Metasploit
Bypass modern protections such as an AntiVirus and IDS with Metasploit
Simulate attacks on web servers and systems with Armitage GUI
Script attacks in Armitage using CORTANA scripting
Who this book is forThis book is a hands-on guide to penetration testing using Metasploit and covers its complete development. It shows a number of techniques and methodologies that will help you master the Metasploit framework and explore approaches to carrying out advanced penetration testing in highly secured environments.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Revised edition
File size
30,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78899-420-0 (9781788994200)
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Jaswal Nipun :
Nipun Jaswal is an international cybersecurity author and an award-winning IT security researcher with more than a decade of experience in penetration testing, Red Team assessments, vulnerability research, RF, and wireless hacking. He is presently the Director of Cybersecurity Practices at BDO India. Nipun has trained and worked with multiple law enforcement agencies on vulnerability research and exploit development. He has also authored numerous articles and exploits that can be found on popular security databases, such as PacketStorm and exploit-db. Please feel free to contact him at @nipunjaswal.
Nipun Jaswal is an international cybersecurity author and an award-winning IT security researcher with more than a decade of experience in penetration testing, Red Team assessments, vulnerability research, RF, and wireless hacking. He is presently the Director of Cybersecurity Practices at BDO India. Nipun has trained and worked with multiple law enforcement agencies on vulnerability research and exploit development. He has also authored numerous articles and exploits that can be found on popular security databases, such as PacketStorm and exploit-db. Please feel free to contact him at @nipunjaswal.
Content
Table of Contents
Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit
Reinventing Metasploit
The Exploit Formulation Process
Porting Exploits
Offstage Access to Testing Services
Virtual Test Grounds and Staging
Sophisticated Client-side Attacks
Metasploit Extended and Speeding Up Penetration Testing
Antivirus Evasion with Metasploit
Metasploit and Offense / Metasploit for Secret agents
Visualizing with Armitage
Tips and Tricks
Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit
Reinventing Metasploit
The Exploit Formulation Process
Porting Exploits
Offstage Access to Testing Services
Virtual Test Grounds and Staging
Sophisticated Client-side Attacks
Metasploit Extended and Speeding Up Penetration Testing
Antivirus Evasion with Metasploit
Metasploit and Offense / Metasploit for Secret agents
Visualizing with Armitage
Tips and Tricks
