📰 Originally published on SecurityElites — the canonical, fully-updated version of this article. 🧪 METASPLOITABLE LAB SERIES FREE Part of the Metasploitable Lab Series Lab 2 of the Metasploitable Series · 7% complete ⚠️ Legal Disclaimer: This lab must be run against your own Metasploitable 2 VM on a fully isolated local network — host-only or NAT adapter only. Never run these scans against systems you do not own or have explicit written authorisation to test. Unauthorised scanning is illegal in most jurisdictions. This lab is the bridge from setup to exploitation. Before you touch a single exploit in Metasploit, you need to know exactly what’s running, what versions, and what OS you’re dealing with. Miss this phase and you’re guessing. Do it right — using the technique I’m walking you through here — and your exploit selection goes from random to surgical. If you haven’t set up your lab yet, start with the Metasploitable Lab Setup guide first, then come back here.…