Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook - Third Edition

Preface

Welcome to Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook, Third Edition. This book covers various recipes of performing penetration testing over different platforms using the Metasploit Framework.

The book will guide you on how to perform a penetration test using the Metasploit Framework and following the penetration testing execution standard (PTES). Starting with the basics of information gathering using several auxiliary modules that help you profile your target and gradually introducing you to advanced topics, such as porting exploits and building your modules, it will show you how to build a penetration test lab environment, where you will learn how to find vulnerabilities by enumerating and scanning the different targets with Metasploit, ...