Introduction to new features in Metasploit 5.0
Ever since the Metasploit Framework was born 16 years ago, it has been through significant changes and improvements. In early 2019, Metasploit 5.0 was released, which is considered its first major release since 2011. While the Metasploit is commercially supported and developed by Rapid7, it also has rich community support, which enables its growth.
The latest Metasploit 5.0 version brings in a lot more features and improvements:
- Database and automation API's: The latest Metasploit 5.0 now allow users to run the database as a RESTful service. It also introduces the new JSON-RPC API, which would be of significant help to users who wish to integrate Metasploit with other tools. The API interface can be extremely handy in several automation and orchestration scenarios. It thus makes the framework even more agile and powerful.
- Evasion modules and libraries: In 2018, a new evasion module was introduced that allowed users...