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Metasploit for Beginners

You're reading from   Metasploit for Beginners Create a threat-free environment with the best-in-class tool

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295970
Length 190 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sagar Rahalkar Sagar Rahalkar
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Preface 1. Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools 2. Setting up Your Environment FREE CHAPTER 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 and Exploit Development

Post exploitation

Post exploitation is a phase in penetration testing where we have got limited (or full) access to our target system, and now, we want to search for certain files, folders, dump user credentials, capture screenshots remotely, dump out the keystrokes from the remote system, escalate the privileges (if required), and try to make our access persistent. In this section, we'll learn about meterpreter, which is an advanced payload known for its feature-rich post-exploitation capabilities.

What is meterpreter?

Meterpreter is an advanced extensible payload that uses an in-memory DLL injection. It significantly increases the post-exploitation capabilities of the Metasploit Framework. By communicating over the...

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