Honey Trap
From Cognitive Attack Taxonomy
Honey Trap
Short Description: Exposing something attractive to a target to encourage engagement.
CAT ID: CAT-2022-130
Layer: 8
Operational Scale: Multiple Scales
Level of Maturity: In Common Use
Category: TTP
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Detailed Description: Exposing something attractive (often a member of the opposite/desired gender) for the target to find and gravitate toward as a technique of ensaring the target into a "trap" which may lead to a social engineer attack, intelligence collection, wasting time/resources.
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