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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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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
21m

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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.

About the author

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.

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