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Performing Red Team Phishing With Gophish by micsapp

Name: Performing Red Team Phishing With Gophish
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: micsapp

Performing Red Team Phishing With Gophish

Automate GoPhish phishing simulation campaigns using the Python gophish library. Creates email templates with tracking pixels, configures SMTP sending profiles, builds target groups from CSV, launches campaigns, and analyzes results including open rates, click rates, and credential submission statistics for security awareness assessment.

micsapp Updated Sep 8, 2026 3 repo stars

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When to Use

When conducting security assessments that involve performing red team phishing with gophish
When following incident response procedures for related security events
When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities
When validating security controls through hands-on testing

Prerequisites

Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools
Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution
Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed
Appropriate authorization for any testing activities

Instructions

Install dependencies: pip install gophish requests
Deploy GoPhish server and obtain an API key from Settings.
Use the Python gophish library to automate campaign setup:
- Create email templates with HTML body and tracking
- Configure SMTP sending profiles
- Import target groups from CSV
- Create landing pages for credential capture
- Launch and monitor campaigns
Analyze campaign results: opens, clicks, submitted data, reported.

# For authorized penetration testing and lab environments only
python scripts/agent.py --gophish-url https://localhost:3333 --api-key <key> --campaign-name "Q1 Awareness" --output phishing_report.json

Examples

Create Campaign via API

from gophish import Gophish
from gophish.models import Campaign, Template, Group, SMTP, Page
api = Gophish("api_key", host="https://localhost:3333", verify=False)  # Self-signed cert on localhost lab
campaign = Campaign(name="Q1 Test", groups=[Group(name="Sales Team")],
    template=Template(name="IT Password Reset"), smtp=SMTP(name="Internal SMTP"),
    page=Page(name="Credential Page"))
api.campaigns.post(campaign)

---name: performing-red-team-phishing-with-gophishdescription: Automate GoPhish phishing simulation campaigns using the Python gophish library. Creates email templates with tracking pixels, configures SMTP sending profiles, builds target groups from CSV, launches campaigns, and analyzes results including open rates, click rates, and credential submission statistics for security awareness assessment.license: Apache-2.0---## When to Use- When conducting security assessments that involve performing red team phishing with gophish- When following incident response procedures for related security events- When performing scheduled security testing or auditing activities- When validating security controls through hands-on testing## Prerequisites- Familiarity with security operations concepts and tools- Access to a test or lab environment for safe execution- Python 3.8+ with required dependencies installed- Appropriate authorization for any testing activities## Instructions1. Install dependencies: `pip install gophish requests`2. Deploy GoPhish server and obtain an API key from Settings.3. Use the Python gophish library to automate campaign setup: - Create email templates with HTML body and tracking - Configure SMTP sending profiles - Import target groups from CSV - Create landing pages for credential capture - Launch and monitor campaigns4. Analyze campaign results: opens, clicks, submitted data, reported.```bash# For authorized penetration testing and lab environments onlypython scripts/agent.py --gophish-url https://localhost:3333 --api-key <key> --campaign-name "Q1 Awareness" --output phishing_report.json```## Examples### Create Campaign via API```pythonfrom gophish import Gophishfrom gophish.models import Campaign, Template, Group, SMTP, Pageapi = Gophish("api_key", host="https://localhost:3333", verify=False) # Self-signed cert on localhost labcampaign = Campaign(name="Q1 Test", groups=[Group(name="Sales Team")], template=Template(name="IT Password Reset"), smtp=SMTP(name="Internal SMTP"), page=Page(name="Credential Page"))api.campaigns.post(campaign)```

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