Using Windows as a Hacking Platform, Pt. 1 (Exploit Pack)
Welcome back, my tenderfoot hackers! As most of you know, I am strong advocate for using Linux as a hacking platform . In fact, I would say that without knowing Linux , you will never become a professional hacker/pentester. On the other hand, there are many here who come to Motherboard Staff who do not have the time or inclination to study Linux in order to hack. They are looking for relatively sophisticated hacks/exploits, but want to do them on a Windows or Mac platform. Although Metasploit will run on either of those platforms, it does not work well. Many of its capabilities are non-functional on, for instance, a Windows platform. There are some excellent hacking/pentesting applications that work well on Windows, such as Cain and Abel , Wikto , and FOCA , but a new hacking framework called Exploit Pack has emerged that is platform independent. Exploit Pack, developed by Juan Sacco , is similar to Metasploit but written in Java. Besides its universality and easy