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Network Attacks: Phishing & Malicious Links

In this lab, you’ll practice cloning websites, delivering malicious payloads, and analyzing phishing links. When you’re finished, you’ll have insight into how attackers steal credentials, spread malware, and evade security using social engineering.

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(67)
Level
Beginner
Last updated
Aug 04, 2025
Duration
40m

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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

    Cloning a Website for Credential Harvesting

    Phishing attackers often create fake login pages to trick you into entering your credentials. In this challenge, you will use the Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) to generate a fake login page and observe how credentials are harvested. You will use a pre-installed phishing template instead of cloning an external website.

  3. Challenge

    Crafting and Executing a Malicious File

    Attackers often use phishing emails with malicious attachments to gain control of victim machines. In this challenge, you will generate a phishing payload, deliver it via a simulated attack, and analyze its execution.

  4. Challenge

    Creating and Analyzing Malicious URLs

    Phishing attacks often use malicious URLs to redirect users to trigger malware downloads. In this challenge, you will create a malicious URL using SET (Social Engineering Toolkit), host it, and analyze its behavior.

  5. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

About the author

Sahil Gupta is highly skilled in Product Security, specializing in DevSecOps and Application Security. They are passionate about enhancing security posture & delivering robust and secure solutions.

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