Hands-On Red Team Tactics

Armitage and team server

We are all used to the console of msfconsole, which is extremely powerful as it is. However, let's make this even more efficient by using Armitage. This is a Java-based GUI built around Metasploit, which first came out in 2013. Being built on Java makes it cross-platform.

Armitage comes pre-installed in Kali and can easily be downloaded and installed. Before we jump into setting up and using these tools, let's get an understanding of team server and its purpose.

Team server allows us to manage our red-team activity in a single workspace. It acts as a server that connects and communicates with Metasploit and multiple Armitage clients can connect to it. This is handy when a team is doing a red-team activity, as all ...