CAPEC-428 Metadata
Likelihood of Attack
Low
Typical Severity
Low
Overview
Summary
The adversary tailors their communication to the language and thought patterns of the target thereby weakening barriers or reluctance to communication. This method is a way of building rapport with a target by matching their speech patterns and the primary ways or dominant senses with which they make abstractions. This technique can be used to make the target more receptive to sharing information because the adversary has adapted their communication forms to match those of the target. When skillfully employed, the target is likely to be unaware that they are being manipulated.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites listed.
Potential Solutions / Mitigations
No specific solutions listed.
Related CAPECs
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-427 | The adversary shapes the target's actions or behavior by focusing on the ways human interact and learn, leveraging such elements as cognitive and social psychology. In a variety of ways, a target can be influenced to behave or perform an action through capitalizing on what scholarship and research has learned about how and why humans react to specific scenarios and cues. |
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