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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838980078

Length 502 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

Tools

Metasploit

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Nipun Jaswal

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – Preparation and Development

2. Chapter 1: Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Reinventing Metasploit

4. Chapter 3: The Exploit Formulation Process

5. Chapter 4: Porting Exploits

6. Section 2 – The Attack Phase

7. Chapter 5: Testing Services with Metasploit

8. Chapter 6: Virtual Test Grounds and Staging

9. Chapter 7: Client-Side Exploitation

10. Section 3 – Post-Exploitation and Evasion

11. Chapter 8: Metasploit Extended

12. Chapter 9: Evasion with Metasploit

13. Chapter 10: Metasploit for Secret Agents

14. Chapter 11: Visualizing Metasploit

15. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks

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Ruby – the heart of Metasploit

Ruby is indeed the heart of the Metasploit Framework. However, what exactly is Ruby? According to the official website, Ruby is a simple and powerful programming language and was designed by Yokihiru Matsumoto in 1995. It is further defined as a dynamic, reflective, and general-purpose, object-oriented programming language with functions similar to Perl.

Important note

You can download Ruby for Windows/Linux from https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/.

You can refer to an excellent resource for learning Ruby practically at http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0.

Creating your first Ruby program

Ruby is an easy-to-learn programming language. Now, let's start with the basics of Ruby. Remember that Ruby is a broad programming language, and covering all of the capabilities of Ruby would push us beyond the scope of this book. Therefore, we will only stick to the essentials that are required in designing Metasploit modules.