Sensory Matching
From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy
Sensory Matching
Short Description: The social engineer "matches" sensory descriptors expressed by the target.
CAT ID: CAT-2022-177
Layer: 8
Operational Scale: Tactical
Level of Maturity: Theoretical
Category: TTP
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Detailed Description: The social engineer "matches" the sensory descriptors used by the target. If the target mentions "seeing" something a certain way, or "feeling" like something is right, the social engineer uses similar metaphoric descriptors.
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