https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Pretext-Pretexting Pretext-Pretexting - Revision history 2026-05-29T22:30:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.42.1 https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php?title=Pretext-Pretexting&diff=221&oldid=prev Info: Created page with "== '''Pretext-Pretexting ''' == '''Short Description:''' Attacker adopts a cover story to justify who they are. <br> '''CAT ID:''' CAT-2022-133 <br> '''Layer:''' 8 <br> '''Operational Scale:''' Tactical <br> '''Level of Maturity:''' Well-Established <br> '''Category:''' TTP <br> '''Subcategory:''' <br> '''Also Known As:''' <br> == '''Description:''' == '''Brief Description:''' <br> '''Closely Related Concepts:''' <br> '''Mechanism:''' <br> '''Multip..." 2024-07-30T03:11:05Z <p>Created page with &quot;== &#039;&#039;&#039;Pretext-Pretexting &#039;&#039;&#039; == &#039;&#039;&#039;Short Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; Attacker adopts a cover story to justify who they are. &lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;CAT ID:&#039;&#039;&#039; CAT-2022-133 &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; Well-Established &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;Multip...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== &#039;&#039;&#039;Pretext-Pretexting &#039;&#039;&#039; ==<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Short Description:&#039;&#039;&#039; Attacker adopts a cover story to justify who they are. &lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;CAT ID:&#039;&#039;&#039; CAT-2022-133 &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; Well-Established &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; Adopting a cover story that a social engineer uses to justify who they are and why they are seeking access to a location, resource, system, or information. This can be as brief as a cover story for a phone call or as extensive as a including identification papers and a character legend for a deep cover operator. &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