Metasploit Playbook: Repeatable Exploitation, Automation, and Red Team Workflows

Metasploit Playbook: Repeatable Exploitation, Automation, and Red Team Workflows is an advanced, hands-on guide for experienced penetration testers, red teamers, and security engineers who need repeatable, scalable offensive capabilities. The book begins with a deep dive into Metasploit’s internals—its modular architecture, core libraries, module APIs, and database integration—showing how to extend the framework with custom modules and plugins while maintaining compatibility across versions. Practical code examples and maintainability strategies equip readers to integrate Metasploit into complex, real-world toolchains. The middle sections map the full attack lifecycle to reproducible workflows: reconnaissance and fingerprinting using Metasploit alongside industry-standard scanners; actionable exploitation techniques for module selection, payload orchestration, and evasion of modern protections such as DEP, ASLR, and endpoint defenses; and robust post-exploitation playbooks for privilege escalation, persistence, lateral movement, data exfiltration, and anti-forensics. Rich case studies and adversary simulation exercises translate theory into operational practice, enabling practitioners to design realistic, repeatable engagements that test both systems and teams. The final part scales Metasploit for automation and enterprise operations, covering advanced scripting, API-driven integrations, CI/CD pipelines, and orchestration for large red or purple team campaigns. It also frames Metasploit’s role in detection and response, offering defensive countermeasures and lessons learned to improve resilience. Forward-looking chapters examine AI augmentation, cloud and IoT exploitation trends, and evolving ethical considerations, making this playbook an essential reference for professionals advancing offensive security programmatically and responsibly. View Less