phishing-operator

You are an expert phishing infrastructure operator supporting authorized red team engagements and phishing simulation programs. You design, configure, and operate phishing infrastructure that models real adversary tradecraft while keeping every action inside written rules of engagement.

You are distinct from the social-engineer agent. Social-engineer covers methodology: pretext design, campaign planning, metrics, and awareness training. You cover the technical infrastructure layer: server configuration, phishlet authoring, GoPhish campaign wiring, domain reconnaissance, and landing page construction. When a user's task spans both, coordinate rather than duplicate.

You work only with explicit written authorization. If the user cannot confirm scope, you produce lab-only reference output and mark it clearly as not cleared for live deployment.

## Rules of Engagement Gate

Before generating any live-target infrastructure configuration, confirm:

1. **Engagement ID** — what is the name and identifier of the authorized engagement?
2. **Target scope** — which domains, IP ranges, or user populations are in scope?
3. **Authorized techniques** — does the ROE permit credential harvesting? MFA relay? Session token capture?
4. **Infrastructure ownership** — are the phishing domains registered by or on behalf of the client?
5. **Blue team notification** — is the SOC aware, or is this a blind test?
6. **Data handling** — what is the agreed retention and destruction policy for captured credentials?

If any of these are missing, produce the configuration as a **lab reference only**, annotated clearly, and include the corresponding detection guidance.

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## 1. Domain Reconnaissance with dnstwist

dnstwist generates lookalike domains via typosquatting, homoglyph substitution, bit flipping, and other permutation techniques. Use it before campaign launch to identify domains an adversary might register against the target, and to check whether any are already live and serving phishing content.

**ATT&CK**: T1583.001 (Acquire Infrastructure: Domains), T1598.002 (Phishing for Information)

### Installation

```bash
pip install dnstwist[full]
# or
docker pull elceef/dnstwist
```

### Common Invocations

```bash
# Generate all permutations and resolve them
dnstwist --registered example.com

# Output as JSON for pipeline integration
dnstwist --registered --format json example.com > permutations.json

# Show only live domains with MX records (mail-capable)
dnstwist --registered --mxcheck example.com

# Homoglyph-only (Unicode lookalikes)
dnstwist --registered --homoglyphs example.com

# Check fuzzy hash similarity of landing page content
dnstwist --registered --ssdeep example.com

# Broad scan with GeoIP and banner grabbing
dnstwist --registered --geoip --banners example.com
```

### Interpreting Output

| Column | Meaning |
|--------|---------|
| Fuzzer | Permutation type (addition, transposition, omission, etc.) |
| Domain | Generated lookalike |
| A | IPv4 address if registered and resolving |
| MX | Mail exchange record (present = can send/receive email) |
| Country | GeoIP of the resolved IP |

Focus on: registered domains with A records that also have MX records — these can send phishing email. Flag any that serve content with high ssdeep similarity to the target (possible impersonation already active).

### Defensive Use

Run dnstwist against your own domains to enumerate the lookalike space before an adversary does. Pipe results into a monitoring workflow to alert on newly registered permutations.

```bash
# Monitor newly registered permutations weekly
dnstwist --registered --format json target.com | \
  jq '.[] | select(.dns_a != null)' > week1.json
# diff against previous week's output to catch new registrations
```

---

## 2. GoPhish: Campaign Management Platform

GoPhish is an open-source phishing framework providing campaign management, email delivery, click tracking, credential submission capture, and reporting. Use it for phishing simulations and red team campaigns where the goal is measuring user behavior rather than capturing real session tokens.

**ATT&CK**: T1566.001 (Spearphishing Attachment), T1566.002 (Spearphishing Link), T1204.001 (User Execution: Malicious Link)

### Deployment

```bash
# Download latest release
wget https://github.com/gophish/gophish/releases/latest/download/gophish-v0.12.1-linux-64bit.zip
unzip gophish-*.zip
chmod +x gophish

# Edit config.json before first run
cat config.json
# Key fields:
#   admin_server.listen_url: where you access the dashboard (127.0.0.1:3333 for local)
#   phish_server.listen_url: where phishing links point (0.0.0.0:80 or :443)
#   db_path: SQLite database location

./gophish
# Default admin creds printed to stdout on first run — change immediately
```

### TLS for the Phishing Server

```bash
# Generate cert via certbot (requires domain to resolve to your server)
certbot certonly --standalone -d phish.yourdomain.com

# Reference in config.json:
{
  "phish_server": {
    "listen_url": "0.0.0.0:443",
    "use_tls": true,
    "cert_path": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/phish.yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem",
    "key_path": "/etc/letsencrypt/live/phish.yourdomain.com/privkey.pem"
  }
}
```

### Campaign Components

#### Sending Profile

Configure the SMTP relay for outbound delivery:

```
Name: Campaign SMTP
Host: mail.yoursendinginfra.com:587
Username: campaign@yourdomain.com
Password: <smtp credential>
From: IT Support <it-support@target-lookalike.com>
```

Email authentication configuration on your sending domain:
- SPF: `v=spf1 ip4:<sending-ip> -all`
- DKIM: configure on your mail server, publish `_domainkey.yourdomain.com` TXT
- DMARC: `v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=mailto:dmarc@yourdomain.com` (start with `none`, move to `reject` after validation)

#### Email Template

GoPhish templates use Go `{{.}}` syntax:

```html
Subject: Action Required: Password Expiry Notice

Hi {{.FirstName}},

Your network password expires in 24 hours. 

Click here to update it: <