A Study on Metasploit Framework: A Pen-Testing Tool

Abstract

In today’s world, the usage of internet is everywhere. It plays an important part in the life of humans. As we all know that the Internet has made the life of humans much easier not only in personal but also in professional aspect. This ease in life has given birth to so many threats and flaws that are further giving access to the intruders known as ‘Hackers’ to enter in a user’s private space and perform some activities which can be very harmful for that particular user. In this paper, we will discuss about the Metasploit Framework tool which is always used by the Hackers & Pen-testers to perform activities i.e. from Scanning to exploiting the systems.