{"product_id":"metasploit-2nd-edition-isbn-9781718502987","title":"Metasploit, 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe new and improved guide to penetration testing using the legendary Metasploit Framework.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by renowned ethical hackers and industry experts, this fully updated second edition includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvanced Active Directory and cloud penetration testing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern evasion techniques and payload encoding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalicious document generation for client-side exploitation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoverage of recently added modules and commands \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConduct network reconnaissance and analyze vulnerabilities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExecute wireless network and social engineering attacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerform post-exploitation techniques, including privilege escalation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop custom modules in Ruby and port existing exploits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse MSFvenom to evade detection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate with Nmap, Nessus, and the Social-Engineer Toolkit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re a cybersecurity professional, ethical hacker, or IT administrator, this second edition of \u003ci\u003eMetasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is your key to staying ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape.Foreword by HD Moore\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Absolute Basics of Penetration Testing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Metasploit Fundamentals\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Intelligence Gathering\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Vulnerability Analysis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Joy of Exploitation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Meterpreter\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Avoiding Detection\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Client-Side Attacks\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: Auxiliary Modules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: Social Engineering\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Wireless Attacks\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: Porting Exploits to the Framework\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Building Your Own Modules\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Creating Your Own Exploits\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Simulated Penetration Test\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Pentesting the Cloud\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Configuring Your Lab Environment\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Cheat Sheet\"\u003ci\u003eMetasploit, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e is a solid update to a book that’s been a staple in the infosec community.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Help Net Security\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an excellent book to help familiarize testers with one of the most popular security tools ever created. It will help guide you through familiar concepts and how they integrate into the broader security framework of Metasploit. An absolutely fantastic addition to any penetration tester's bookshelf.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Menachem Rothbart, Principal Security Consultant, Hacker, OSCE3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Metasploit Framework has enrichments and features that can enhance your offensive security journey, and they're all covered in this book. Many users are acquainted with the pre-built exploitation and initial access use cases covered in the first edition, but this update includes new vulnerabilities, their associated modules, and the new frontier of cloud penetration testing. A practitioner's toolkit and environment may change, but the methodology remains the same.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Billy Trobbiani, @billycontra, Red Team Engineer at Toast, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Not just another Metasploit tutorial. The second edition of this comprehensive book walks you through each stage of a simulated penetration test, and shows you how to use Metasploit to its full potential. Plus, it is logically ordered and easy to follow.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Andy “ApexPredator” Poole, OSEE, GSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[P]rovides invaluable insights for penetration testers seeking to enhance their skills and understanding using Metasploit. However, its benefits extend beyond penetration testers. In contrast, blue teamers can also leverage the same techniques and knowledge in this book to go behind enemy lines and identify gaps in their own security controls \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e they can be exploited by attackers using the same toolset.\"\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Josh Tristram, @jdtristram, Healthcare Blue Teamer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An easy read that is more than a metasploit book. 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