Description

The Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) is a unique open-source penetration testing framework designed to simulate real-world social-engineering attacks. It can be used to test a company's security posture and to identify vulnerabilities in their human-based security policies. SET helps to assess the security of a company by using various techniques to exploit the human element of security. The toolkit contains a variety of scripts, applications, and tools designed to simulate various types of social-engineering attacks. These attacks include phishing, email spoofing, credential harvesting, and much more. The toolkit also includes a “Framework” which allows users to quickly and easily create their own customized social-engineering attacks. SET is an invaluable tool for penetration testers and security professionals and can be used to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.

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