CAPEC-418: Influence Perception of Reciprocation |
 Description An adversary uses a social engineering techniques to produce a sense of obligation in the target to perform a certain action or concede some sensitive or key piece of information. Obligation has to do with actions one feels they need to take due to some sort of social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise. There are various techniques for fostering a sense of obligation to reciprocate or concede during ordinary modes of communication. One method is to compliment the target, and follow up the compliment with a question. If performed correctly the target may volunteer a key piece of information, sometimes involuntarily. Likelihood Of Attack Typical Severity Prerequisites
| The adversary must have the means and knowledge of how to communicate with the target in some manner. |
Skills Required
[Level: Low] The adversary requires strong inter-personal and communication skills. |
Resources Required
| None: No specialized resources are required to execute this type of attack. |
Consequences  This table specifies different individual consequences associated with the attack pattern. The Scope identifies the security property that is violated, while the Impact describes the negative technical impact that arises if an adversary succeeds in their attack. The Likelihood provides information about how likely the specific consequence is expected to be seen relative to the other consequences in the list. For example, there may be high likelihood that a pattern will be used to achieve a certain impact, but a low likelihood that it will be exploited to achieve a different impact.| Scope | Impact | Likelihood |
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Confidentiality Integrity Availability | Other | |
Mitigations
| An organization should provide regular, robust cybersecurity training to its employees to prevent social engineering attacks. |
Example Instances
| An adversary develops a relationship with the target to foster a feeling of obligation in them to perform a certain action or concede some information. A perception of obligation/concession means that the target feels they need to behave in some way or perform some sort of action due to being morally or legally bound to do so. |
References
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[REF-360] "Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking". 2010. Wiley. |
 Content History | Submissions |
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| Submission Date | Submitter | Organization |
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| 2014-06-23 (Version 2.6) | CAPEC Content Team | The MITRE Corporation | | | Modifications |
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| 2017-08-04 (Version 2.11) | CAPEC Content Team | The MITRE Corporation | | Updated Attack_Motivation-Consequences, Attack_Prerequisites, Attacker_Skills_or_Knowledge_Required, Description Summary, Examples-Instances, Methods_of_Attack, References, Resources_Required, Solutions_and_Mitigations, Typical_Likelihood_of_Exploit, Typical_Severity | | Previous Entry Names |
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| Change Date | Previous Entry Name |
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| 2017-08-04 (Version 2.11) | Target Influence via Perception of Obligation | |
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