Develop your penetration testing skills using the Metasploit Framework in 7 days
Key Features
- Enhance your penetration testing skills in just 7 days through a fast-paced approach
- Carry out penetration testing in complex and highly secured environments
- Learn techniques to integrate Metasploit with the industry's leading tools
Book Description
The Metasploit Framework is widely popular among cybersecurity professionals for detecting vulnerabilities and developing defense techniques. This book covers the framework comprehensively, helping you learn systematically with exercises after each chapter.
You'll start with the Day 1 chapter, covering the basics of the Metasploit Framework and later working through an exercise.
The Day 2 chapter then delves into the use of scanning and fingerprinting services with Metasploit while also helping you modify existing modules according to your needs.
Following on from the previous chapter, Day 3 will guide you through exploiting various types of applications and operating systems, along with covering client-side attack techniques.
On Day 4, you will focus on post-exploitation and understand how to write quick scripts to gather required information from the exploited systems.
To build on your skills further, the Day 5 chapter will demonstrate the techniques involved in scanning and exploiting various services, such as databases, mobile devices, and VoIP.
To prepare you for integrating Metasploit with leading industry tools for penetration testing, Day 6 helps you learn through detailed explanations.
Finally, Day 7 focuses on sophisticated attack vectors and challenges based on your preparation over the past six days, ending with a Metasploit challenge that you need to solve to test your skills.
By the end of this book, you will have developed the skills you need to effectively perform penetration testing using Metasploit.
What you will learn
- Get hands-on knowledge of Metasploit
- Understand the benefits of using databases and workspaces in Metasploit
- Perform penetration testing on services such as databases and VoIP
- Understand how to customize Metasploit modules and modify existing exploits
- Write simple yet powerful Metasploit automation scripts
- Explore the steps involved in post-exploitation on Android and mobile platforms
Who this book is for
If you are a penetration tester, ethical hacker, or security consultant who wants to quickly get up to speed with the Metasploit Framework and carry out advanced pentesting in highly secured environments, then this book is for you.
Table of Contents
- Getting started with Metasploit
- Identifying and Scanning Targets
- Exploitation and Gaining Access
- Post Exploitation and Covering Tracks
- Testing Services with Metasploit
- Fast paced Metasploit exploitation
- Exploiting Real-World Challenges with Metasploit
Nipun Jaswal is an IT security business executive and a passionate IT security researcher with more than seven years of professional experience, who possesses knowledge in all aspects of IT security testing and implementation, with expertise in managing cross-cultural teams and planning the execution of security needs beyond national boundaries.He is an M.tech in Computer Sciences and a thought leader who has contributed to raising the bar of understanding on cyber safety and ethical hacking among students of many colleges and universities in India. He is a voracious public speaker and talks about improving IT security, insider threats, social engineering, wireless forensics, and exploit writing. He is the author of numerous IT security articles with modern security magazines such as Eforensics, Hakin9, Security Kaizen, and many more. Many famous companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, AT&T, Offensive Security, Rapid7, Blackberry, Nokia, www.zynga.com, and many others have thanked him for finding vulnerabilities in their systems. He has also been acknowledged with the Award of Excellence from the National Cyber Defense and Research Center (NCDRC) for his tremendous contributions to the IT security industry.In his current profile, he leads a team of super specialists in cyber security to protect various clients from cyber security threats and network intrusion by providing permanent solutions and services. Please feel free to contact him via e-mail at mail@nipunjaswal.info.
