Cybercat Labs
If you’re having trouble getting Metasploitable to work on your Macbook with the M1 chip this video will help explain how you can emulate the x86 architecture to make it work properly.
Commands that were used. These are listed in order.
Install Homebrew:
/bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL “
Install QEMU:
brew install qemu
Converting the Metasploitable.vmdk file to qcow2:
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 -c Metasploitable.vmdk MetasploitableM1.qcow2
Resources used in the video:
Homebrew Install: https://mac.install.guide/homebrew/
UTM – https://mac.getutm.app/
Metasploitable 2: https://sourceforge.net/projects/metasploitable/