Singh - Metasploit Penetration Testing Cookbook

Abhinav Singh is a young Information Security Specialist from India. He has a keen interest in the field of Hacking and Network Security. He actively works as a freelancer with several security companies, and provides them with consultancy. Currently, he is employed as a Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, India. He is an active contributor of the SecurityXploded community. He is well recognized for his blog (http://hackingalert.blogspot.com), where he shares about his encounters with hacking and network security. Abhinav's work has been quoted in several technology magazines and portals.

I would like to thank my parents for always being supportive and letting me do what I want; my sister, for being my doctor and taking care of my fatigue level; Sachin Raste sir, for taking the pain to review my work; Kanishka Khaitan, for being my perfect role model; to my blog followers for their comments and suggestions, and, last but not the least, to Packt Publishing for making this a memorable project for me.

Kubilay Onur Gungor currently works at Sony Europe as a Web Application Security Expert, and is also one of the Incident Managers for the Europe and Asia regions.

He has been working in the IT Security field for more than 5 years. After individual, security work experience, he started his security career with the cryptanalysis of images, which are encrypted by using chaotic logistic maps. He gained experience in the Network Security field by working in the Data Processing Center of Isik University. After working as a QA Tester in Netsparker, he continued his work in the Penetration Testing field, for one of the leading security companies in Turkey. He performed many penetration tests for the IT infrastructures of many big clients, such as banks, government institutions, and telecommunication companies. He has also provided security consulting to several software manufacturers to help secure their compiled software.

Kubilay has also been developing multidisciplinary, cyber security approaches, including criminology, conflict management, perception management, terrorism, international relations, and sociology. He is the Founder of the Arquanum Multidisciplinary Cyber Security Studies Society.

Kubilay has participated in many security conferences as a frequent speaker.

Kanishka Khaitan , a postgraduate in Master of Computer Application from the University of Pune, with Honors in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University, has been working in the web domain with Amazon for the past two years. Prior to that, she worked for Infibeam, an India-based, online retail startup, in an internship program lasting for six months.

Sachin Raste is a leading security expert, with over 17 years of experience in the fields of Network Management and Information Security. With his team, he has designed, streamlined, and integrated the networks, applications, and IT processes for some of the big business houses in India, and helped them achieve business continuity.

He is currently working with MicroWorld, the developers of the eScan range of Information Security Solution, as a Senior Security Researcher. He has designed and developed some path-breaking algorithms to detect and prevent Malware and Digital Fraud, to safeguard networks from Hackers and Malware. In his professional capacity, Sachin Raste has presented many whitepapers, and has also participated in many TV shows spreading awareness on Digital Frauds.

Working with MicroWorld has helped him in developing his technical skills to keep up with the current trends in the Information Security industry.

First and foremost, I'd like to thank my wife, my son, and my close group of friends for their support, without whom everything in this world would have seemed impossible. To my colleagues from MicroWorld and from past organizations, for being patient listeners and assisting me in successfully completing complex projects; it has been a pleasure working with all of you. And to my boss, MD of MicroWorld, for allowing me the freedom and space to explore beyond my limits. I thank you all.