The new and improved guide to penetration testing using the legendary Metasploit Framework.
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.
Written by renowned ethical hackers and industry experts this fully updated second edition
includes: 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 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: 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 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.
