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Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf.
Passed 18 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 22 without it.
and 5 more in the full report
6 fixed12 passed either way3 still failing1 broke
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One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
When performing a security risk assessment for adversary identity spoofing and impersonation, which Common Weakness Enumeration ID represents the primary underlying protection flaw?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Assigns CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure as the weakness category. | Missed | Passed |
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Adversaries may impersonate a trusted person or organization in order to persuade and trick a target into performing some action on their behalf. For example, adversaries may communicate with victims (via Phishing for Information, Phishing, or Internal Spearphishing) while impersonating a known sender such as an executive, colleague, or third-party vendor. Established trust can then be leveraged to accomplish an adversary’s ultimate goals, possibly against multiple victims.
In many cases of business email compromise or email fraud campaigns, adversaries use impersonation to defraud victims -- deceiving them into sending money or divulging information that ultimately enables Financial Theft.
Adversaries will often also use social engineering techniques such as manipulative and persuasive language in email subject lines and body text such as payment, request, or urgent to push the victim to act quickly before malicious activity is detected. These campaigns are often specifically targeted against people who, due to job roles and/or accesses, can carry out the adversary’s goal.
Impersonation is typically preceded by reconnaissance techniques such as Gather Victim Identity Information and Gather Victim Org Information as well as acquiring infrastructure such as email domains (i.e. Domains) to substantiate their false identity.
There is the potential for multiple victims in campaigns involving impersonation. For example, an adversary may Compromise Accounts targeting one organization which can then be used to support impersonation against other entities.
Platforms: Linux, macOS, Office Suite, SaaS, Windows
Identify Attack Surface: Determine if the target environment is susceptible to Impersonation by examining the target platforms (Linux, macOS, Office Suite).
Assess Existing Defenses: Review whether mitigations for T1656 are in place. If defenses are absent or misconfigured, this technique may be exploitable.
Execute Test: Use tools and methods described in the MITRE ATT&CK page and external references below.
Note: No Atomic Red Team tests available for this technique. See Atomic Red Team GitHub for updates.
test cases passed, vs 13 / 22 without
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