Hot Reading

From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy

Hot Reading

Short Description: A tactic similar to Cold Reading except that information is directly gleened from target.

CAT ID: CAT-2022-288

Layer: 8

Operational Scale: Tactical

Level of Maturity: In Common Use

Category: TTP

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Detailed Description: A tactic similar to Cold Reading except that the social engineer uses information directly gleened from the target to facilitate the reading.

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