Chapter 6: Virtual Test Grounds and Staging
We have covered a lot in the past few chapters. Now, it is time to test all of the methodologies that we have covered throughout this book, along with various other famous testing tools, and examine how we can efficiently perform penetration testing and vulnerability assessments over the target network, website, or any other services, using industry-leading tools within Metasploit.
In this chapter, we will look at various methods for testing, and we will cover the following topics:
- Performing a penetration test with integrated Metasploit services
- Exploiting the Active Directory (AD) services with Metasploit
- Generating manual reports
The primary focus of this chapter is to cover penetration testing with other industry-leading tools alongside Metasploit. However, while the phases of a test may differ when performing web-based testing and other testing, the principles remain the same.