Chapter 1, Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit, takes us through the absolute basics of conducting a penetration test with Metasploit. It helps establish an approach and set up an environment for testing. Moreover, it takes us through the various stages of a penetration test systematically. It further discusses the advantages of using Metasploit over traditional and manual testing.
Chapter 2, Reinventing Metasploit, covers the absolute basics of Ruby programming essentials that are required for module building. This chapter further covers how to dig existing Metasploit modules and write our custom scanner, authentication tester, post-exploitation, and credential harvester modules; finally, it sums up by throwing ...
