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Phishing on the lock screen: how a fake Windows 11 page helped capture a user's password during a red team test
During one of the Red Team projects, we gained access to a computer in the client’s network using TeamViewer as an entry point to their infrastructure. However, we didn’t have the user’s password for the account we were working on, so every time the computer locked, we had to ask the client to unlock it. The lack of this password also caused other issues, so I decided to use a bit of social engineering to acquire the necessary credentials.
Red Team Phishing Windows 11 Social Engineering
Jan 6, 2025 3 min read
Phishing on the lock screen: how a fake Windows 11 page helped capture a user's password during a red team test