Metasploit

The new and improved guide to penetration testing using the legendary Metasploit Framework.<BR><BR>Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide has been the definitive security assessment resource for over a decade. The Metasploit Framework makes discovering, exploiting, and sharing vulnerabilities quick and relatively painless, but using it can be challenging for newcomers.<BR><BR>Written by renowned ethical hackers and industry experts, this fully updated second edition includes:<BR><BR>- Advanced Active Directory and cloud penetration testing- Modern evasion techniques and payload encoding- Malicious document generation for client-side exploitation- Coverage of recently added modules and commands <BR>Starting with Framework essentials—exploits, payloads, Meterpreter, and auxiliary modules—you’ll progress to advanced methodologies aligned with the Penetration Test Execution Standard (PTES). Through real-world examples and simulated penetration tests, you’ll:<BR><BR>- Conduct network reconnaissance and analyze vulnerabilities- Execute wireless network and social engineering attacks- Perform post-exploitation techniques, including privilege escalation- Develop custom modules in Ruby and port existing exploits- Use MSFvenom to evade detection- Integrate with Nmap, Nessus, and the Social-Engineer Toolkit<BR>Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional, ethical hacker, or IT administrator, this second edition of Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide is your key to staying ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape.