CAPEC-417: Influence Perception
The adversary uses social engineering to exploit the target's perception of the relationship between the adversary and themselves. This goal is to persuade the target to unknowingly perform an action or divulge information that is advantageous to the adversary.
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Overview
CAPEC-417 (Influence Perception) is a standard-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.
What the attacker needs
Prerequisites
- The adversary must have the means and knowledge of how to communicate with the target in some manner.
Skills required
- Low skill: The adversary requires strong inter-personal and communication skills.
Resources required
- There are no necessary resources required for this attack.
Consequences
What a successful CAPEC-417 attack can achieve.
Other
Affects: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
Attacks that influence the perception of the target can result in a wide variety of consequences and negatively affect potentially the confidentiality, availability, and/or integrity of an application or system.
How to mitigate it
Defenses that reduce the risk of CAPEC-417.
- An organization should provide regular, robust cybersecurity training to its employees to prevent social engineering attacks.