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Learning Metasploit [Video]

By : Sagar Rahalkar
Book Image

Learning Metasploit [Video]

By: Sagar Rahalkar

Overview of this book

<p><span id="description" class="sugar_field">This course 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, in the video, 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 video 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 course, you'll get the hang of bypassing different defences, after which you'll learn how hackers use the network to gain access to different systems.</span></p> <h2><span class="sugar_field">Style and Approach</span></h2> <p><span class="sugar_field"><span id="trade_selling_points_c" class="sugar_field">This tutorial is packed with step-by-step instructions that are useful for those getting started with Metasploit. This is an easy-to-read guide to learning Metasploit from scratch that explains simply and clearly all you need to know to use this essential IT power tool.</span></span></p>
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
Chapter 6
Client-Side Attacks with Metasploit
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Section 3
Social Engineering with Metasploit
Social engineering is an art of manipulating human behavior in order to bypass the security controls of the target system. Let's take the example of an organization, which follows very stringent security practices. All the systems are hardened and patched. The latest security software is deployed. Technically, it's very difficult for an attacker to find and exploit any vulnerability. However, the attacker somehow manages to befriend the network administrator of that organization and then tricks him to reveal the admin credentials. This is a classic example where humans are always the weakest link in the security chain. - Generate malicious PDF - Infect the media drives