In this Metasploitable 3 Meterpreter Port forwarding hacking tutorial we will learn how to forward local ports that cannot be accessed remotely. It is very common and good practice to run specific services on a local machine and make them available to that local machine only instead of the full network. On a local network these services are typically administration panels used to configure hardware or software on a single machine which doesn’t need to expose these services to the full network, just like…
Testing SMB Server Security with Metasploit Pro Task Chains: Part 1
Server Message Block, or SMB, is an application protocol that is normally used to share files or printers and other devices. When combined with DCE/RPC, SMB can even give you remote control of a Windows machine over a network. It is also a protocol that is highly dangerous if not properly defended, as shown by a series of high-profile attacks that cost billions of dollars in damages (e.g., WannaCry, SMBLoris, Not-Petya, other attacks exploiting EternalBlue). Protecting SMB is a serious business, but it can…
