Metasploit Revealed: Secrets of the Expert Pentester

Scanning and enumeration

Now that we have added a target host to the Armitage console, we'll perform a quick port scan to see which ports are open here. To perform a port scan, right-click on the host and select the scan ;option, as shown in the following screenshot. This will list down all the open ports on the target system in the bottom pane of the Armitage console:

As we have seen earlier, Armitage is also well-integrated with NMAP. Now, we'll perform an NMAP scan on our target to enumerate services and detect the version of the remote operating system, as shown in the following screenshot. To initiate the NMAP scan, click on the Hosts ...