Metasploit

Metasploit is a powerful and widely-used penetration testing framework that empowers cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers to assess and enhance the security of computer systems. Developed by Rapid7, Metasploit provides a comprehensive suite of tools, exploits, and payloads to simulate real-world cyber attacks, allowing security experts to identify vulnerabilities in a target system.

Originally created by H.D. Moore in 2003, Metasploit has evolved into a dynamic and open-source project, offering a vast array of modules that cater to diverse security testing needs. Its modular architecture allows users to choose from a variety of exploits, auxiliary modules, and post-exploitation tools, facilitating the testing of both known and unknown vulnerabilities across different platforms.

Metasploit’s versatility makes it an invaluable asset for penetration testers, security researchers, and ethical hackers, enabling them to perform thorough assessments, discover weaknesses, and ultimately strengthen the security posture of networks and applications.

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Table of contents

• Creating a Meterpreter Binary
• GETSYSTEM for Privilege Escalation
• Meterpreter Hashdump
• Keylogger
• Process Memory Dump
• PsExec for Pass-the-Hash
• Webcam Capture
• SMB Login Bruteforce
• Sample Exploits using Metasploit