A new Russian translation of the book Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide has been released, presenting the framework through the structured PTES methodology.
The volume was authored by industry veterans Devon Kearns, co-founder of Exploit Database and Kali Linux, Jim O’Gorman, leader of the Kali Linux project, Mati Aharoni, founder of OffSec, and David Kennedy, creator of the Social-Engineer Toolkit. The foreword was written by HD Moore, the original creator of the Metasploit Project.
Unlike many tool-centric manuals, the book explains underlying principles across the seven PTES phases: reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, exploitation, post-exploitation with Active Directory attacks, evasion of detection mechanisms, social engineering, wireless and client-side attacks, custom exploit development, and cloud infrastructure testing. A continuous pentest scenario ties all chapters together.
The Russian edition received technical editing from mr.grogrig, a white-hat hacker with over fifteen years of experience specializing in antivirus bypass and reverse engineering, and a regular contributor to the Hacker magazine. He focused particularly on the evasion chapter.
All practical examples use freely available components: Kali Linux, the Metasploit Framework, and the Metasploitable target. The final chapter provides instructions for building a complete lab from scratch, including a dedicated branch for Apple Silicon systems. No paid services or external cloud connections are required for most exercises.
The publication is intended strictly for authorized penetration testing. The authors and publisher explicitly state that they do not endorse any unlawful use of the described techniques.
