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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

Chapter 4. Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration

For any tool that we use to perform a particular task, it's always helpful to know that tool inside out. A detailed understanding of the tool enables us to use it aptly, making it perform to the fullest of its capability. Now that you have learned some of the absolute basics of the Metasploit Framework and its installation, in this chapter, you will learn how the Metasploit Framework is structured and what the various components of the Metasploit ecosystem. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Anatomy and structure of Metasploit
Metasploit components--auxiliaries, exploits, encoders, payloads, and post
Getting started with msfconsole and common commands
Configuring local and global variables
Updating the framework

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