You're reading from Mastering Metasploit Exploit systems, cover your tracks, and bypass security controls with the Metasploit 5.0 framework

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838980078

Length 502 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

Tools

Metasploit

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Nipun Jaswal

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – Preparation and Development

2. Chapter 1: Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Reinventing Metasploit

4. Chapter 3: The Exploit Formulation Process

5. Chapter 4: Porting Exploits

6. Section 2 – The Attack Phase

7. Chapter 5: Testing Services with Metasploit

8. Chapter 6: Virtual Test Grounds and Staging

9. Chapter 7: Client-Side Exploitation

10. Section 3 – Post-Exploitation and Evasion

11. Chapter 8: Metasploit Extended

12. Chapter 9: Evasion with Metasploit

13. Chapter 10: Metasploit for Secret Agents

14. Chapter 11: Visualizing Metasploit

15. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks

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