Way to METASPLOIT

Introduction METASPLOIT

According to Wikipedia....
"The Metasploit project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development."

-Metasploit is a tool developed by HD Moore in 2003.
-Metasploit and all of it’s exploits are written in Ruby Language.
-It is also knows as anti-forensic and evasion tools

-It is used to exploit vulnerabilities in background running on an open port. 

-It is extremely powerful tool that is not easy to control.

-It is the most essential hacker tool.

-It is powerful, flexible, free, and loaded with awesomeness. 

-It is without a doubt the coolest offensive tool covered in this website. 

-Every professional PenTester use “Metasploit” every single day.

What are exploits?

Exploits are highly specialized small programs, whose only purpose is to take advantage of a vulnerability and deliver a payload, which will grant attacker the control. Metasploit is a great tool that has a vast number of exploits tools.

What is a vulnerability?

A vulnerability is a security hole (loop hole) in a software or application, hardware or operating system that provides a potential angle to attack the system. Not all vulnerabilities are dangerous and not all of them are exploitable. They can be often found in outdated applications, services or operating systems.

How to get IT?

You can run metasploit in both Windows and Linux.

Windows – You can download it from : http://www.metasploit.com/
Kali-Linux & BackTrack – Metasploit, tools comes pre-installed.