Metasploit, 2nd Edition

<b>The new and improved guide to penetration testing using the legendary Metasploit Framework.</b><br><br><i>Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide</i> 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.<br><br>Written by renowned ethical hackers and industry experts, this fully updated second edition includes:<br><br><ul><li>Advanced Active Directory and cloud penetration testing</li><li>Modern evasion techniques and payload encoding</li><li>Malicious document generation for client-side exploitation</li><li>Coverage of recently added modules and commands </li></ul><br>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:<br><br><ul><li>Conduct network reconnaissance and analyze vulnerabilities</li><li>Execute wireless network and social engineering attacks</li><li>Perform post-exploitation techniques, including privilege escalation</li><li>Develop custom modules in Ruby and port existing exploits</li><li>Use MSFvenom to evade detection</li><li>Integrate with Nmap, Nessus, and the Social-Engineer Toolkit</li></ul><br>Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional, ethical hacker, or IT administrator, this second edition of <i>Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide</i> is your key to staying ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape.