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Network Attacks: Metasploit Payloads

In this lab, you'll learn about and practice the Metasploit Framework. When you're finished, you'll have the knowledge to utilize Metasploit listeners and payloads for exploitation.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 1h 25m
Published
Clock icon Aug 27, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Metasploit Basics

    In this challenge you will launch Metasploit, familiarize yourself with the commands, and learn about the basic modules and components.

  3. Challenge

    Start a Listener

    In this challenge, you will be introduced to the main modules of the Metasploit framework and start a listener.

  4. Challenge

    Creating Payloads

    In this challenge, you will learn how to create, transfer and deploy payloads to multiple systems and receive back an interactive shell.

  5. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Bri works as the Director of Security and IT Operations Curriculum and Research at Pluralsight creating cybersecurity training content. With a wealth of knowledge as an author of Pluralsight training content, she infuses a "red-team" or attacker-focused mindset into her teachings to grasp security concepts and defense strategies effectively.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.