In the previous chapter, we saw how we could defeat AVs with custom encoders. Let's go one step ahead and talk about encryption and obfuscation in the Metasploit payloads; we can use a great tool called venom for this. Let's create some encrypted Meterpreter shellcode, as shown in the following screenshot:
As soon as you start venom in Kali Linux, you will be presented with the screen shown in the preceding screenshot. The venom framework is a creative work from Pedro Nobrega and Chaitanya Haritash (Suspicious-Shell-Activity), who worked extensively to simplify shellcode and backdoor generation for various operating ...
