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Capec-424 Detail

Influence Perception of Consensus or Social Proof

Detailed Social Engineering Likelihood: Low Typical Severity: Low

Parents: 417

Description

The adversary influences the target's actions by leveraging the inherent human nature to assume behavior of others is appropriate. In situations of uncertainty, people tend to behave in ways they see others behaving. The adversary convinces the target of adopting behavior or actions that is advantageous to the adversary.

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External ID Source Link Description
CAPEC-424 capec https://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/424.html
REF-348 reference_from_CAPEC http://www.social-engineer.org The Official Social Engineering Portal, Social-Engineer.org, Tick Tock Computers, LLC

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  1. The adversary must have the means and knowledge of how to communicate with the target in some manner.

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Low
The adversary requires strong inter-personal and communication skills.
Integrity Availability Confidentiality
Other (Attacks that leverage the principle of liking can lead to the target performing an action that results in a variety of consequences that negatively affect the confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity of an application or system.) Other (Attacks that leverage the principle of liking can lead to the target performing an action that results in a variety of consequences that negatively affect the confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity of an application or system.) Other (Attacks that leverage the principle of liking can lead to the target performing an action that results in a variety of consequences that negatively affect the confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity of an application or system.)

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