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Metasploit for Beginners

By : Sagar Rahalkar
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Metasploit for Beginners

By: Sagar Rahalkar

Overview of this book

This book will begin by introducing you to Metasploit and its functionality. Next, you will learn how to set up and configure Metasploit on various platforms to create a virtual test environment. You will also get your hands on various tools and components used by Metasploit. Further on in the book, you will learn how to find weaknesses in the target system and hunt for vulnerabilities using Metasploit and its supporting tools. Next, you'll get hands-on experience carrying out client-side attacks. Moving on, you'll learn about web application security scanning and bypassing anti-virus and clearing traces on the target system post compromise. This book will also keep you updated with the latest security techniques and methods that can be directly applied to scan, test, hack, and secure networks and systems with Metasploit. By the end of this book, you'll get the hang of bypassing different defenses, after which you'll learn how hackers use the network to gain access into different systems.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Starting the Armitage console

Before we actually start the Armitage console, as a prerequisite, first we need to start the postgresql service and the Metasploit service, as shown in the following screenshot:

Once the postgresql and Metasploit services are up and running, we can launch the Armitage console by typing armitage ;on the command shell, as shown in the following screenshot:

Upon the initial startup, the armitage console appears as shown in the following screenshot:

Now that the Armitage console is up and running, let's add hosts we wish to attack. To add new hosts, click on the Hosts ;menu, and then select the Add Hosts ;option. You can either add a single host or multiple hosts per line, as shown in the following screenshot: