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The Social Engineering Toolkit(SET) is an open-source tool written by Trusted-Sec designed to help aid Penetration Testers in quickly conducting a variety of social engineering attacks. SET was written in python and comes installed on Kali by default.

One of the more commonly used and successful attacks is what is called a java applet attack. This attack works by tricking the target into visiting what they believe to be a site they trust and then allowing a malicious java applet embedded in the site to run. This attack works so well as many users today have been conditioned to click yes on any notification that pops up on his or her computer, so he or she can get back to what they were doing. The website spoofing can be accomplished via website cloning, using one of the built-in templates, or importing your own template.

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