CAPEC Definitions
CAPEC Definitions / CAPEC-427
CAPEC-427: Influence via Psychological Principles
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.
Severity:Low
Possibility:Low
Extended Description
No Extended Description.
Mitigations
An organization should provide regular, robust cybersecurity training to its employees to prevent social engineering attacks.
Relationships with other CAPECs
CAPEC-416: Manipulate Human Behavior
Prerequisites
The adversary must have the means and knowledge of how to communicate with the target in some manner.
Related Weaknesses
No related Weaknesses found.
