Metasploit Payload Generator

In this book, we have covered various topics and tools. Once particular tool within the Kali NetHunter platform is Metasploit Payload Generator. The name of this tools pretty much describes its function: to generate payloads using the Metasploit framework. Upon opening the app in Kali NetHunter, we are presented with the following:

As you can see, we can select the type of payload we would like to generate, the IP address and port number, and additional payload options. If we click on the drop-down menu for Type, we will be presented with the following options:

 

There are many different types to choose from. An example of leveraging the benefits of this feature would be to select the Windows (.exe) type if you’re creating a payload for a Microsoft Windows system. This would convince the target/victim device – in this case a Windows operating system – that the .exe file can be trusted as it seems to be a native executable file.

Depending on the target operating system...