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Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook
Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook

Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook: Over 70 recipes to master the most widely used penetration testing framework with this book and ebook.

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Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook

Chapter 1. Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Configuring Metasploit on Windows

  • Configuring Metasploit on Ubuntu

  • Metasploit with BackTrack 5 – the ultimate combination

  • Setting up the penetration testing lab on a single machine

  • Setting up Metasploit on a virtual machine with SSH connectivity

  • Beginning with the interfaces – the "Hello World" of Metasploit

  • Setting up the database in Metasploit

  • Using the database to store penetration testing results

  • Analyzing the stored results of the database

Introduction


Metasploit is currently the most buzzing word in the field of information security and penetration testing. It has totally revolutionized the way we can perform security tests on our systems. The reason which makes Metasploit so popular is the wide range of tasks that it can perform to ease the work of penetration testing to make systems more secure. Metasploit is available for all popular operating systems. The working process of the framework is almost the same for all of them. Here in this book, we will primarily work on BackTrack 5 OS as it comes with the pre-installed Metasploit framework and other third-party tools which run over the framework.

Let us start with a quick introduction to the framework and the various terminologies related to it:

  • Metasploit framework: It is a free, open source penetration testing framework started by H. D. Moore in 2003 which was later acquired by Rapid7. The current stable versions of the framework are written using the Ruby language. It has the world's largest database of tested exploits and receives more than a million downloads every year. It is also one of the most complex projects built in Ruby to date.

  • Vulnerability: It is a weakness which allows an attacker/pen-tester to break into/compromise a system's security. This weakness can either exist in the operating system, application software, or even in the network protocols.

  • Exploit: Exploit is a code which allows an attacker/tester to take advantage of the vulnerable system and compromise its security. Every vulnerability has its own corresponding exploit. Metasploit v4 has more than 700 exploits.

  • Payload: It is the actual code which does the work. It runs on the system after exploitation. They are mostly used to set up a connection between the attacking and the victim machine. Metasploit v4 has more than 250 payloads.

  • Module: Modules are the small building blocks of a complete system. Every module performs a specific task and a complete system is built up by combining several modules to function as a single unit. The biggest advantage of such an architecture is that it becomes easy for developers to integrate a new exploit code and tools into the framework.

The Metasploit framework has a modular architecture and the exploits, payload, encoders, and so on are considered as separate modules.

Let us examine the architecture diagram closely.

Metasploit uses different libraries which hold the key to the proper functioning of the framework. These libraries are a collection of pre-defined tasks, operations, and functions that can be utilized by different modules of the framework. The most fundamental part of the framework is the Ruby Extension (Rex) library. Some of the components provided by Rex include a wrapper socket subsystem, implementations of protocol clients and servers, a logging subsystem, exploitation utility classes, and a number of other useful classes. Rex itself is designed to have no dependencies, other than what comes with the default Ruby installation.

Then we have the MSF Core library which extends Rex. Core is responsible for implementing all of the required interfaces that allow for interacting with exploit modules, sessions, and plugins. This core library is extended by the framework base library which is designed to provide simpler wrapper routines for dealing with the framework core, as well as providing utility classes for dealing with different aspects of the framework, such as serializing a module state to different output formats. Finally, the base library is extended by the framework's User Interface (UI) that implements support for the different types of user interfaces to the framework itself, such as the command console and the web interface.

There are four different user interfaces provided with the framework namely msfconsole, msfcli, msfgui, and msfweb. It is highly encouraged that one should check out all these different interfaces, but in this book we will primarily work on the msfconsole interface. The reason behind it is that msfconsole provides the best support to the framework, leveraging all the functionalities.

Let us now move to the recipes of this chapter and practically analyze the various aspects.

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Key benefits

  • More than 80 recipes/practicaltasks that will escalate the reader's knowledge from beginner to an advanced level
  • Special focus on the latest operating systems, exploits, and penetration testing techniques
  • Detailed analysis of third party tools based on the Metasploit framework to enhance the penetration testing experience

Description

Metasploit® software helps security and IT professionals identify security issues, verify vulnerability mitigations, and manage expert-driven security assessments. Capabilities include smart exploitation, password auditing, web application scanning, and social engineering. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated reports. The goal of the software is to provide a clear understanding of the critical vulnerabilities in any environment and to manage those risks.Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook targets both professionals and beginners to the framework. The chapters of the book are logically arranged with an increasing level of complexity and cover Metasploit aspects ranging from pre-exploitation to the post-exploitation phase thoroughly. The recipe structure of the book provides a good mix of both theoretical understanding and practical implementation. This book will help readers in thinking from a hacker's perspective to dig out the flaws in target networks and also to leverage the powers of Metasploit to compromise them. It will take your penetration skills to the next level.The book starts with the basics such as gathering information about your target and gradually covers advanced topics like building your own framework scripts and modules. The book goes deep into operating systems-based penetration testing techniques and moves ahead with client-based exploitation methodologies. In the post- exploitation phase, it covers meterpreter, antivirus bypass, ruby wonders, exploit building, porting exploits to framework, and third party tools like armitage, and SET. Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook is the required guide to penetration testing and exploitation.

Who is this book for?

This book targets both professional penetration testers as well as new users of Metasploit who wish to gain expertise over the framework. The book requires basic knowledge of scanning, exploitation, and Ruby language.

What you will learn

  • Set up a complete penetration testing environment using metasploit and virtual machines
  • Learn to penetration-test popular operating systems such as Windows7, Windows 2008 Server, Ubuntu etc.
  • Get familiar with penetration testing based on client side exploitation techniques with detailed analysis of vulnerabilities and codes
  • Avail of exclusive coverage of antivirus bypassing techniques using metasploit
  • Master post-exploitation techniques such as exploring the target, keystrokes capturing, sniffing, pivoting, setting persistent connections etc.
  • Build and analyze meterpreter scripts in Ruby
  • Build and export exploits to framework
  • Use extension tools like Armitage, SET etc.

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Table of Contents

10 Chapters
Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Information Gathering and Scanning Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Operating System-based Vulnerability Assessment and Exploitation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Client-side Exploitation and Antivirus Bypass Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Using Meterpreter to Explore the Compromised Target Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Advanced Meterpreter Scripting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Modules for Penetration Testing Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Exploits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Working with Armitage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Social Engineer Toolkit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon

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Facebook is good to have your five good test your face challenges everybody is good and easy to understand how they work the tools you need and guys and the steps you can do very easy you do not need to read the book but to know the commands
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Excellent information about how to get the most from Metasploit. Takes you through step by step with pictures of commands.
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Metasploit penetration testing cookbook is a must have for security professionals and new learners of metasploit framework.The book is easy to grasp and flows from beginner to advance level smoothly. The reason which makes it a better guide is that it targets latest operating systems and also gives a detailed analysis of different exploit codes used in penetration testing. The book also coveres extra topics like Armitage, SET etc which further addes more power to the content of this book. To summerize, the book is a very handy guide to mastering the metasploit framework.
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perfect in every aspect for some one avid enough to have found this program, but not necessarily know anything about it, written in easy to understand language and broken down nicely
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Overview: Singh provides an introduction to the widely used Metasploit framework in the form of seventy plus recipes for various penetration testing tasks. In a previous blog, I reviewed Dave Kennedy's Metasploit book. Both texts are well written. The format is different, however. Singh's book is written in a cookbook style which makes it easy to refer to it when attempting specific tasks. Kennedy's book is written in a more traditional style with an introduction and then survey of various aspects of Metasploit. The differences between these two books extends beyond format. Singh's book goes beyond a basic coverage of Metasploit and covers additional penetration testing tools such as various scanners and evasion tools. So which book should you buy if you had to pick just one? To me it mostly comes down to personal preference. If you are just learning Metasploit, either should be a great aid in this process. If you want a book you can refer back to later, the Singh book may be slightly more convenient. The publisher may also be a consideration. The Kennedy book is published by No Starch Press, whereas Singh's book is published by Packt. If you like eBooks you may prefer books from Packt Publishing. Packt provides DRM-free books in both PDF and ePub formats. This can be extremely convenient if you like to read your books on multiple devices. Personally I find myself reading books on my tablet and also keeping a copy on my penetration testing platform as a reference. Here is a brief table of contents for Singh's book:Chapter 1: Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals covering: configuration, installation, basic use, and storing results in a databaseChapter 2: Information Gathering and Scanning covering: passive and active gathering, social engineering, scanning, Nessus, NeXpose, and DradisChapter 3: Operating System-based Vulnerability Assessment covering: exploits, Windows XP, remote shells, Windows 2003, Windows 7, Linux, and DLL injectionChapter 4: Client-side Exploitation and Antivirus bypass covering: IE, Word, Adobe Reader, payloads, and killing anti-virusChapter 5: Using Meterpreter to Explore the Compromised Target covering: Meterpreter commands, privilege escalation, communication channels, and snooping on Windows targetsChapter 6: Advanced Meterpreter Scripting covering: hash dumps, back doors, pivoting, Railgun, pivoting, and killing firewallsChapter 7: Working with Modules for Penetration Testing covering: Auxiliary modules, admin modules, SQL injection, post-exploitation, and creating new modulesChapter 8: Working with Exploits covering: mixins, msfvenum, going from exploit to Metasploit module, and fuzzingChapter 9: Working with Armitage covering: Getting started, information gathering, and targeting multiple machinesChapter 10: Social Engineering Toolkit covering: Installation, configuration, spear-phishing, website attacks, and infectious media generationTo summarize, if you are looking for a Metasploit book in cookbook format than this book would be a good choice.cross-posted from [..]
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