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Published in Dec 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788624596

Length 860 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Metasploit

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Nipun Jaswal

Sagar Rahalkar

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Table of Contents (35) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

Preface

1. Module 1 FREE CHAPTER

Metasploit for Beginners

2. Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools

3. Setting up Your Environment

4. Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration

5. Information Gathering with Metasploit

6. Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit

7. Client-side Attacks with Metasploit

8. Web Application Scanning with Metasploit

9. Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics

10. Cyber Attack Management with Armitage

11. Extending Metasploit and Exploit Development

12. Module 2

Mastering Metasploit

13. Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit

14. Reinventing Metasploit

15. The Exploit Formulation Process

16. Porting Exploits

17. Testing Services with Metasploit

18. Virtual Test Grounds and Staging

19. Client-side Exploitation

20. Metasploit Extended

21. Speeding up Penetration Testing

22. Visualizing with Armitage

23. Module 3

Metasploit Bootcamp

24. Getting Started with Metasploit

25. Identifying and Scanning Targets

26. Exploitation and Gaining Access

27. Post-Exploitation with Metasploit

28. Testing Services with Metasploit

29. Fast-Paced Exploitation with Metasploit

30. Exploiting Real-World Challenges with Metasploit

31. Bibliography

32. Thanks page

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. Yokihiru Matsumoto designed it in 1995. It is further defined as a dynamic, reflective, and general-purpose object-oriented programming (OOP) language with functions similar to Perl.

Note

You can download Ruby for Windows/Linux from http://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 vast programming language. Covering all the capabilities of Ruby will push us beyond the scope of this book. Therefore, we will only stick to the essentials that are required in designing Metasploit modules.

Interacting with the Ruby shell

Ruby offers an interactive shell too...

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Ruby – the heart of Metasploit

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Creating your first Ruby program

Interacting with the Ruby shell

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