Search-engine phishing / SEO poisoning
Manipulated search rankings put malicious sites or fake listings in front of victim queries
categorySocial engineering and human-targeted attacksseverityHighdetectabilityNonelabnot yet measured
Example: SocGholish
Classification
21 values: 16 reviewed, 4 imported, 1 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Passive |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Medium |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | PRE |
| Environment | CloudMobileOn-premises |
| Target asset class | HumanWeb app / API |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Resource Development |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | None |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Response Content |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 1
- M1056 attack-mitigation
Detected by 1
- DET0881 attack-detection-strategy
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1608/006/
- attack: T1608.006 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Social engineering and human-targeted attacks' table, line 36 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 1 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)