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Hey there. I'm Rishalin Pillay, and welcome to Pluralsight in this red team

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tools course featuring the Social‑Engineer Toolkit, the open source toolkit

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developed by David Kennedy and maintained by TrustedSec.

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The weakest link to any system is the person holding the information.

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Social engineering has been around for ages.

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Think of hackers such as Kevin Mitnick who was one of the

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first people to use social engineering to manipulate people

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into giving out sensitive information.

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Today, social engineering techniques are still being used.

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These types of attacks enable attackers to ultimately execute

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more intense attacks such as credential theft,

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ransomware, and much more.

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The Social‑Engineer Toolkit enables you to perform various

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types of social engineering techniques.

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It was specifically designed for attacks against the

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human element. With this toolkit you have the ability to

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perform spear phishing attacks, credential harvesting attacks, and much more.

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If you are looking to learn how to use the Social‑Engineer Toolkit

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come join me in this course where we will focus on people information

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gathering with the Social‑Engineer Toolkit.