VERIS action.social Capability Group

All Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1684 Social Engineering
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1684.001 Impersonation
Action.Social.Variety.Baiting Prepare malicious content in a location where a victim is likely to interact with it. (e.g. SEO - vect: websites, left usbs- vect: removable media, etc) related-to T1204 User Execution
Action.Social.Variety.Bribery Bribery or solicitation related-to T1684 Social Engineering
Action.Social.Variety.Elicitation Elicitation (subtle extraction of info through conversation) related-to T1684 Social Engineering
Action.Social.Variety.Extortion Extortion or blackmail related-to T1684 Social Engineering
Action.Social.Variety.Prompt Bombing Bombarding the user with MFA prompts to get them to accept the login request related-to T1621 Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation
Action.Social.Variety.Propaganda Propaganda or disinformation related-to T1566 Phishing
Action.Social.Variety.Scam Online scam or hoax (e.g., scareware, 419 scam, auction fraud) related-to T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Action.Social.Variety.Spam Spam (unsolicited or undesired email and advertisements) related-to T1566 Phishing
Action.Social.Vector.Documents Documents related-to T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Action.Social.Vector.IM Instant messaging related-to T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Action.Social.Vector.Phone Phone related-to T1598.004 Spearphishing Voice
Action.Social.Vector.SMS SMS or texting related-to T1566 Phishing
action.social.vector.Virtual meeting Video call or virtual meeting related-to T1684 Social Engineering
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1684.002 Email Spoofing
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1036.008 Masquerade File Type
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1036.010 Masquerade Account Name
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1036 Masquerading
action.social.variety.Forgery Forgery or counterfeiting (fake hardware, software, documents, etc) related-to T1686.001 Cloud Firewall
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1686.001 Cloud Firewall
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1204 User Execution
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1204 User Execution
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
action.social.vector.Partner Partner connection or credential. (Indicates supply chain breach.) related-to T1499.002 Service Exhaustion Flood
action.social.vector.Partner Partner connection or credential. (Indicates supply chain breach.) related-to T1199 Trusted Relationship
action.social.vector.Removable media Removable storage media related-to T1091 Replication Through Removable Media
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking related-to T1204 User Execution
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking related-to T1001.002 Steganography
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking related-to T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking related-to T1027.005 Indicator Removal from Tools
action.social.vector.Software Software related-to T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood
action.social.vector.Software Software related-to T1589.001 Credentials
action.social.vector.Web application Web application related-to T1189 Drive-by Compromise
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1211 Exploitation for Stealth
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1534 Internal Spearphishing
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1553 Subvert Trust Controls
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564 Hide Artifacts
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.002 Hidden Users
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.003 Hidden Window
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.004 NTFS File Attributes
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.005 Hidden File System
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.006 Run Virtual Instance
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1564.007 VBA Stomping
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1566 Phishing
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1566 Phishing
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
action.social.vector.Web application Web application related-to T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service
action.social.vector.Email Email related-to T1566.003 Spearphishing via Service
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1566.004 Spearphishing Voice
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1584.001 Domains
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1585 Establish Accounts
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1585.001 Social Media Accounts
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1585.002 Email Accounts
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1586.001 Social Media Accounts
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1586.001 Social Media Accounts
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1598 Phishing for Information
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1598 Phishing for Information
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1598.001 Spearphishing Service
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1598.001 Spearphishing Service
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1598.002 Spearphishing Attachment
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1598.002 Spearphishing Attachment
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1598.003 Spearphishing Link
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. related-to T1598.003 Spearphishing Link
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. related-to T1598.004 Spearphishing Voice
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. related-to T1622 Debugger Evasion
Action.Social.Variety.Baiting Prepare malicious content in a location where a victim is likely to interact with it. (e.g. SEO - vect: websites, left usbs- vect: removable media, etc) related-to T1684 Social Engineering

Capabilities

Capability ID Capability Name Number of Mappings
action.social.vector.Partner Partner connection or credential. (Indicates supply chain breach.) 2
Action.Social.Variety.Spam Spam (unsolicited or undesired email and advertisements) 1
action.social.vector.Software Software 2
Action.Social.Variety.Propaganda Propaganda or disinformation 1
Action.Social.Vector.IM Instant messaging 1
Action.Social.Vector.Documents Documents 1
Action.Social.Variety.Elicitation Elicitation (subtle extraction of info through conversation) 1
Action.Social.Vector.Phone Phone 1
action.social.variety.Pretexting Pretexting (dialogue leveraging invented scenario). Unlike 'Phishing', does not transfer data. (A fraudulent transfer or changing a bank account on a business account is not really disclosing data. 11
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. 17
Action.Social.Variety.Baiting Prepare malicious content in a location where a victim is likely to interact with it. (e.g. SEO - vect: websites, left usbs- vect: removable media, etc) 2
action.social.vector.Virtual meeting Video call or virtual meeting 1
action.social.vector.Removable media Removable storage media 1
action.social.variety.Forgery Forgery or counterfeiting (fake hardware, software, documents, etc) 1
Action.Social.Vector.SMS SMS or texting 1
action.social.vector.Email Email 8
Action.Social.Variety.Bribery Bribery or solicitation 1
Action.Social.Variety.Scam Online scam or hoax (e.g., scareware, 419 scam, auction fraud) 1
action.social.variety.Phishing Any type of *ishing. Phishing always involves getting data from the victim. Phishing usually has some element of pretexting, but often it doesn’t rise to the level of an invented scenario. E.g. A fake google login page isn’t really pretexting. 16
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking 4
action.social.vector.Web application Web application 2
Action.Social.Variety.Prompt Bombing Bombarding the user with MFA prompts to get them to accept the login request 1
Action.Social.Variety.Extortion Extortion or blackmail 1