Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition - Softcover

Teixeira, Daniel; Singh, Abhinav; Agarwal, Monika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788623177 ISBN 13: 9781788623179

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Over 100 recipes for penetration testing using Metasploit and virtual machines

Key Features

• Special focus on the latest operating systems, exploits, and penetration testing techniques
• Learn new anti-virus evasion techniques and use Metasploit to evade countermeasures
• Automate post exploitation with AutoRunScript
• Exploit Android devices, record audio and video, send and read SMS, read call logs, and much more
• Build and analyze Metasploit modules in Ruby
• Integrate Metasploit with other penetration testing tools

Book Description

Metasploit is the world's leading penetration testing tool and helps security and IT professionals find, exploit, and validate vulnerabilities. Metasploit allows penetration testing automation, password auditing, web application scanning, social engineering, post exploitation, evidence collection, and reporting. Metasploit's integration with InsightVM (or Nexpose), Nessus, OpenVas, and other vulnerability scanners provides a validation solution that simplifies vulnerability prioritization and remediation reporting. Teams can collaborate in Metasploit and present their findings in consolidated reports.

In this book, you will go through great recipes that will allow you to start using Metasploit effectively. With an ever increasing level of complexity, and covering everything from the fundamentals to more advanced features in Metasploit, this book is not just for beginners but also for professionals keen to master this awesome tool.

You will begin by building your lab environment, setting up Metasploit, and learning how to perform intelligence gathering, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, and post exploitation―all inside Metasploit. You will learn how to create

About this title

About the Author

Daniel Teixeira is an IT security expert, author, and trainer, specializing in red team engagements, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments. His main areas of focus are adversary simulation, emulation of modern adversarial tactics, techniques and procedures; vulnerability research, and exploit development.

Abhinav Singh is a well-known information security researcher. He is the author of Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook (first and second editions) and Instant Wireshark Starter, by Packt. He is an active contributor to the security community-paper publications, articles, and blogs. His work has been quoted in several security and privacy magazines, and digital portals. He is a frequent speaker at eminent international conferences-Black Hat and RSA. His areas of expertise include malware research, reverse engineering, enterprise security, forensics, and cloud security.

Monika Agarwal is a young Information Security Researcher from India. She has presented many research papers at both national and international conferences. She is a member of IAENG (International Association of Engineers). Her main areas of interest are ethical hacking and ad hoc networking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788623177
• ISBN 13: 9781788623179
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 426