This is the first in a five part series on the fundamentals of Metasploit that I wrote back in 2014.  While some of the specifics have changed over time, the series still provides a good overview for the new user of Metasploit.

Links to all of the articles are listed below:

• Part 1: Metasploit Overview and Tools
• Part 2: The Metasploit Console
• Part 3: Pivoting with Metasploit
• Part 4: Metasploit Dynamic Shellcode Generation
• Part 5: Scripting Metasploit

Overview

This series of articles is written for the novice hacker or information security professional who is just getting started with Metasploit.  Odds are that you’ve heard about it previously; every news article that talks about a new exploit invariably mentions something along the lines of “… and there is already a module for it in Metasploit, the hacker’s tool of choice.”  Maybe you’re not sure exactly what Metasploit really can do though, or why it has become a must-have tool to those in our industry.  This article will help you gain that knowledge, and provide the baseline for the remaining four articles in the series.

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