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.Elicitation Elicitation (subtle extraction of info through conversation) 1
action.social.vector.Email Email 8
Action.Social.Vector.SMS SMS or texting 1
action.social.vector.Web application Web application 2
Action.Social.Vector.Documents Documents 1
Action.Social.Variety.Propaganda Propaganda or disinformation 1
action.social.vector.Removable media Removable storage media 1
Action.Social.Variety.Spam Spam (unsolicited or undesired email and advertisements) 1
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.Variety.Prompt Bombing Bombarding the user with MFA prompts to get them to accept the login request 1
action.social.variety.Forgery Forgery or counterfeiting (fake hardware, software, documents, etc) 1
action.social.vector.Virtual meeting Video call or virtual meeting 1
Action.Social.Vector.Phone Phone 1
Action.Social.Variety.Scam Online scam or hoax (e.g., scareware, 419 scam, auction fraud) 1
action.social.vector.Social media Social media or networking 4
Action.Social.Vector.IM Instant messaging 1
action.social.variety.Evade Defenses Modification of the action (rather than the system, as in 'Disable controls') to avoid detection. 17
Action.Social.Variety.Extortion Extortion or blackmail 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.Bribery Bribery or solicitation 1
action.social.vector.Software Software 2
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