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Let's Go Phishing! - Capturing Credentials

In this lab, you'll discover how easy it is for cyber attackers to capture your username and password. This will help you recognize phishing attempts and not fall victim!

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(534 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 21m
Published
Clock icon Jul 18, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Go Phish!

    Walkthrough using the Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) to capture a user's username and password.

  3. Challenge

    Lab Complete

    Your lab is now complete and the environment will close.

Bri works as the Director of Security and IT Operations Curriculum and Research at Pluralsight creating cybersecurity training content. With a wealth of knowledge as an author of Pluralsight training content, she infuses a "red-team" or attacker-focused mindset into her teachings to grasp security concepts and defense strategies effectively.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.