Welcome to Pluralsight and this red team tools course featuring msfvenom,
the open‑source tool developed as part of the Metasploit
Framework and maintained by Rapid7.
Venom is a tool that penetration testers,
ethical hackers,
bug hunters, and security testers can use to generate shell
code payloads for inclusion in their exploits.
Venom generates a variety of payloads and even encrypts them to
help you exploit vulnerable software and gain escalated access
through a bind or a reverse shell.
Msfvenom's name consists of two parts.
The msf in the name stands for Metasploit Framework, and venom is the name
used in place of the two tools that were combined to form it, msfpayload
and msfencode. Come join me as we explore different uses for msfvenom and
generate our own shell code payloads that we will use to gain access to
some vulnerable hosts.