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General Usage of Metasploit

Metasploit is an essential tool for any penetration testing. It is installed on Kali, and comes loaded with over 1300 exploits, 800 auxiliary modules, 340 malicious payloads, and the ability to incorporate your own scripts.

Let’s start out with some general usage information!

To start the Metasploit framework, open up your console and type

msfconsole

Once this loads up, it’s always a good idea to check for updates:

msf > msfupdate

To use different Metasploit tools, you type the “use” command along with the tool you wish to use. There are X categories. Finish this later.