Metasploit, 2nd Edition [9781718502987]

Overview

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.

The book, Metasploit, 2nd Edition [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9781718502987 in Paperback by David Kennedy, Mati Aharoni, Devon Kearns, Jim O'Gorman, Daniel G. Graham may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.