Analyzing and exploiting Network Attacks and Defenses via Wireshark and Metasploit

This project focuses on network security using Metasploit and Wireshark simulation and analysis of cyber-attacks. Metasploit is an attack framework for penetration testing used to exploit vulnerabilities in systems and identify weaknesses in security, and Wireshark is a network analysis tool for capturing and interpreting network traffic for identifying/finding patterns of attack. The research entails network simulation to simulate actual attack scenarios for testing defense tactics. Inside an experimental testing ground, the vulnerability system and attacker were successfully duplicated on the same subnet with suitable communication. Early reconnaissance with the aid of Nmap revealed plausible points of entry, while an initial capture with Wireshark’s network traffic was successful in capturing packet movement for analysis purposes. These conclusions laid a premise for conducting deeper attack simulations that yield exploitable data on the network security countermeasures.