Metasploit, 2nd Edition

INTRODUCTION

Imagine that sometime in the not-so-distant future, a threat actor decides to attack a multinational company’s digital assets, targeting hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of intellectual property buried behind millions of dollars in infrastructure. Naturally, the attacker begins by firing up the latest version of Metasploit.

After exploring the target’s perimeter, they find a soft spot and begin a methodical series of attacks, compromising nearly every aspect of the network. Then, they maneuver through systems, identifying critical business components that keep the company running. With a single keystroke, they could compromise ...