Metasploit for Beginners

An easy to digest practical guide to Metasploit covering all aspects of the framework from installation, configuration, and vulnerability hunting to advanced client side attacks and anti-forensics.

Key Features

• *Carry out penetration testing in highly-secured environments with Metasploit
• *Learn to bypass different defenses to gain access into different systems.
• *A step-by-step guide that will quickly enhance your penetration testing skills.

Book Description

What you will learn

• Get to know the absolute basics of the Metasploit framework so you have a strong foundation for advanced attacks
• Integrate and use various supporting tools to make Metasploit even more powerful and precise
• Set up the Metasploit environment along with your own virtual testing lab
• Use Metasploit for information gathering and enumeration before planning the blueprint for the attack on the target system
• Get your hands dirty by firing up Metasploit in your own virtual lab and hunt down real vulnerabilities
• Discover the clever features of the Metasploit framework for launching sophisticated and deceptive client-side attacks that bypass the perimeter security
• Leverage Metasploit capabilities to perform Web application security scanning

Who this book is for

If you are a penetration tester, ethical hacker, or security consultant who wants to quickly learn the Metasploit framework to carry out elementary penetration testing in highly secured environments then, this book is for you.