https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Friend_Spam Friend Spam - Revision history 2026-05-30T01:44:56Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.42.1 https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php?title=Friend_Spam&diff=65&oldid=prev Info: Created page with "== '''Friend Spam ''' == '''Short Description:''' Dark Pattern tactic of asking for access to email contacts. <br> '''CAT ID:''' CAT-2022-011 <br> '''Layer:''' 8 <br> '''Operational Scale:''' Tactical <br> '''Level of Maturity:''' Observed in the Wild <br> '''Category:''' TTP <br> '''Subcategory:''' <br> '''Also Known As:''' <br> == '''Description:''' == '''Brief Description:''' <br> '''Closely Related Concepts:''' <br> '''Mechanism:''' <br> '''Mult..." 2024-07-29T04:07:53Z <p>Created page with &quot;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Friend Spam &#039;&#039;&#039; == &#039;&#039;&#039;Short Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; Dark Pattern tactic of asking for access to email contacts. &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;CAT ID:&#039;&#039;&#039; CAT-2022-011 &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Layer:&#039;&#039;&#039; 8 &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Operational Scale:&#039;&#039;&#039; Tactical &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Level of Maturity:&#039;&#039;&#039; Observed in the Wild &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Category:&#039;&#039;&#039; TTP &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Subcategory:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Also Known As:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt; == &#039;&#039;&#039;Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; == &#039;&#039;&#039;Brief Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Closely Related Concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Mechanism:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Mult...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== &#039;&#039;&#039;Friend Spam &#039;&#039;&#039; ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Short Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; Dark Pattern tactic of asking for access to email contacts. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;CAT ID:&#039;&#039;&#039; CAT-2022-011 &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Layer:&#039;&#039;&#039; 8 &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Operational Scale:&#039;&#039;&#039; Tactical &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Level of Maturity:&#039;&#039;&#039; Observed in the Wild &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Category:&#039;&#039;&#039; TTP &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Subcategory:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Also Known As:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> == &#039;&#039;&#039;Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Brief Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Closely Related Concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Mechanism:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Multipliers:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Detailed Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; Dark Pattern tactic of asking for access to your email contacts, often under the pretence of finding existing friends who use the platform, but then using that contact list to send email invitations to use the site. These invitation emails often appear to come from the individual rather than from the platform. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;INTERACTIONS&#039;&#039;&#039; [VETs]: &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> == &#039;&#039;&#039;Examples:&#039;&#039;&#039; ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Use Case Example(s):&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Example(s) From The Wild:&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> == &#039;&#039;&#039;Comments:&#039;&#039;&#039; ==<br /> <br /> == &#039;&#039;&#039;References:&#039;&#039;&#039; ==</div> Info