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Type of social engineering attack
Pretexting, known in the UK as blagging, is a type of social engineering attack that involves a situation, or pretext, created by an attacker in order
Pretexting
Psychological manipulation in information security
July 2024. The story of HP pretexting scandal with discussion is available at Davani, Faraz (14 August 2011). "HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani".
Social_engineering_(security)
Excuse to do or say something that is not accurate
weapons of mass destruction as a pretext for the war in Iraq. A type of social engineering called pretexting uses a pretext to elicit information fraudulently
Pretext
Corporate information leak investigation
recruited private investigators who used a spying technique known as pretexting. The pretexting involved investigators impersonating HP board members and nine
Hewlett-Packard spying scandal
Hewlett-Packard_spying_scandal
Act or event that provokes or is used to justify war
wars". A casus belli intentionally based on inaccurate facts is known as a pretext. This section outlines a number of the more famous and/or controversial
Casus_belli
use pretexting to obtain financial records about someone via the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. In California, it was already illegal to use pretexting to obtain
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
Telephone_Records_and_Privacy_Protection_Act_of_2006
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books
Aldous_Huxley
phone — a phenomenon commonly known as pretexting. As Atlanta Journal Constitution noted: "There is no pretexting, the website says. It also states that
Docusearch
Act of the 106th United States Congress (1999–2001)
identifiable information include: Financial Privacy Rule Safeguards Rule Pretexting Protection (Subtitle A: Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information,
Gramm–Leach–Bliley_Act
2004 book by James Bamford
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies is a 2004 book by journalist James Bamford that takes a highly critical
A_Pretext_for_War
American businessperson
Perkins's residential phone records were obtained through a method known as pretexting. AT&T confirmed that someone pretended to be Perkins, using his phone
Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)
Topics referred to by the same term
States blagging, a social engineering term sometimes used to refer to pretexting Blag (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Blagger
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pretense or pretence may refer to: pretext pretexting (social engineering) "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate
Pretense
Global conflict from 1939 to 1945
saw as the country's right to rule Asia, staged the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade Manchuria and establish the puppet state of Manchukuo. China
World_War_II
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
for Sudeten Germans from the Czechoslovak government, thus providing a pretext for German military action against Czechoslovakia. In April 1938, Henlein
Adolf_Hitler
Social engineering security certification program
combined case studies, psychological analysis, attack demonstrations, pretexting exercises, and operational security scenarios. The course materials described
Certified social engineering prevention specialist
Certified_social_engineering_prevention_specialist
American serial killer (1942–1994)
lure a victim to his home and dupe them into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his captive
John_Wayne_Gacy
Country in Southeast Asia
insurgency, the United States used the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident as a pretext for increasing its contribution of military advisers. US forces became
Vietnam
Emperor of China (1908–1912) and of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
Railroad company and blamed the warlord Marshal Zhang Xueliang. On this pretext the Kwantung Army began a general offensive with the aim of conquering
Puyi
1962 proposed U.S. false flag operation against American citizens
National Security Archive on 30 April 2001. Responding to a request for pretexts for military intervention by the Chief of Operations of the Cuba Project
Operation_Northwoods
Subset of artificial intelligence
Misra, Ishan; Maaten, Laurens van der (2020). Self-Supervised Learning of Pretext-Invariant Representations. 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision
Machine_learning
Habsburg monarch from 1848 to 1916
Empire Hungarian Revolutionary Army Kingdom of Hungary Russian Empire Pretext April Laws Major battles Pákozd Schwechat Mór Kápolna Battles of Komárom
Franz_Joseph_I
American web portal
subjective biases against men. He claimed his role was eliminated as a pretext and given to a woman recently hired by editor-in-chief Megan Lieberman
Yahoo
Brief detainment by police in the United States
related to drug possession, and uses a minor traffic infringement as a pretext to stop the driver. In the case of Whren, the defense used a "would-have"
Terry_stop
1989 murder of Japanese high school girl
attack in the middle of December, Furuta was beaten by the group, on the pretext that Miyano had stepped on a puddle of her urine, after which he burned
Murder_of_Junko_Furuta
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
power with the other. Possibly using the failure of the two peers as a pretext, George immediately reappointed the Perceval administration, with Lord
George_IV
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
88, not 4000. The claims were believed by many, which gave Khomeini a pretext to reject any further compromise with the government. The Shah was horrified
Iranian_Revolution
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
Kandil, without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the Soviet warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and Nasser subsequently demanded
Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
1791 amendment protecting the right to keep and bear arms
the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the
Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
volunteered to join the Russian forces and the Ottoman government used this as a pretext to issue the Tehcir Law (Law on Deportation), which authorised the deportation
World_War_I
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
nullification: "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question"
Andrew_Jackson
Last pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)
(602–610) in 602, however, Khosrow II used the murder of his benefactor as a pretext to begin a new invasion, which benefited from continuing civil war in the
Sasanian_Empire
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556
grandfather Ferdinand took control of all the Spanish kingdoms, under the pretext of protecting Charles's rights, which in reality he wanted to elude. Ferdinand's
Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
List of U.S.-backed regime change operations
incidents on the Syrian border to be blamed on Syria and then to be used as pretext for invasion by Iraqi and Jordanian troops, an intense U.S. propaganda
United States involvement in regime change
United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
Leader of Francoist Spain from 1939 to 1975
Communist coup d'état as well a pretended state of "social chaos" became pretexts for a coup. Franco himself along with General Emilio Mola had stirred an
Francisco_Franco
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
spaces, restrooms, and cafeterias. Many agencies used segregation as a pretext to adopt a whites-only employment policy, claiming they lacked facilities
Woodrow_Wilson
American British writer (1843–1916)
has ... given you a bad moment, or a wrong impression, or a 'colourable pretext' ... However these things may be, he loves you as tenderly as ever; nothing
Henry_James
Covert operation designed to deceive
enemy nations or terrorists, thus giving the nation that attacked itself a pretext for domestic repression or foreign military aggression (as well as to engender
False_flag
2003 novel by Lee Child
bring down a Zachary Beck, who is suspected of smuggling drugs under the pretext of trading in oriental carpets. They stage a kidnapping of Zachary's son
Persuader_(novel)
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
Miranda bombing, as he is known to have used false flag operations as a pretext for martial law. United States intelligence documents declassified in the
Ferdinand_Marcos
Theories on 2001 terror attacks in U.S.
multiple acts of terrorism in U.S. cities and blame Cuba, thus providing a pretext for invasion. Time magazine contrasted events which inspired past conspiracy
9/11_conspiracy_theories
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
Alexander II (r. 1855–1881). However, his assassination in 1881 served as a pretext for further repression, such as the May Laws of 1882. Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Antisemitism
German state from 1918 to 1933
political violence that took place during the Reichstag election campaign as a pretext, he ousted the SPD-led coalition government of Prussia in the Prussian
Weimar_Republic
Religious site in Jerusalem
Consciousness, Columbia University Press, 2010 pp. 215–16, n. 22: 'The pretext later invoked for the shootings was that the Palestinians inside the Haram
Temple_Mount
Group of loosely affiliated 9/11 conspiracy theorists
Motives suggested by the movement include the use of the attacks as a pretext to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to create opportunities to curtail
9/11_truth_movement
American computer hacker (born 1959)
1970s and early 1980s. Headley specialized in a type of hacking that uses pretexting and misrepresentation of oneself in contact with targeted organizations
Susan_Headley
Head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
for all. The intercepted letter was sent to Güshi Khan who used it as a pretext to invade central Tibet in 1639 to attack them both, the Bönpo and the
Dalai_Lama
End of Qing dynasty in China
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, used attacks on Russian settlers as a pretext to send troops into Tannu Uriankhai, and the twenty-seven sumu of the central
1911_Revolution
Australian WikiLeaks editor (born 1971)
that the Swedish allegations were designed to discredit him and were a pretext for his extradition from Sweden to the United States. Assange breached
Julian_Assange
Phase since 2022 of war ongoing since 2014
that Russia knew its "unrealistic demands" would be rejected, giving it a pretext to invade. No countries bordering Russia had joined NATO since 2004. Ukraine
Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
Celle, both committed adultery. In 1694 the marriage was dissolved on the pretext that Sophia Dorothea had abandoned her husband. She was confined to Ahlden
George_II_of_Great_Britain
the demolition of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the pretext that the annual Holy Fire miracle on Easter was a fake. The persecution
Persecution_of_Christians
Criminal and civil cases since 2017
Weinstein invited young actresses or models into a hotel room or office on the pretext of discussing their career, and then he demanded massages or sex. He told
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases
Harvey_Weinstein_sexual_abuse_cases
power, and lures Picard and the Enterprise to Romulus under the false pretext of a peace overture. Written by John Logan and directed by Stuart Baird
List_of_Star_Trek_films
1995 film by Bryan Singer
Keaton was actually Keyser Söze: he organized the assault on the boat as a pretext for assassinating the smuggler and faking his death. Verbal confesses that
The_Usual_Suspects
1996 novel by Stephen King
deputy of the fictional mining town of Desperation. Entragian uses various pretexts for the abductions, from an arrest for drug possession to "rescuing" a
Desperation_(novel)
American sci-fi TV series (2015–2019)
Heydrich to confirm what Smith has suspected, a conspiracy to create a pretext for war with and extermination of the Japanese. Smith executes Heydrich
The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
German state from 1525 to 1947
Prussian government from effective control on 20 July 1932, under the pretext that the latter had lost control of public order in Prussia (during the
Prussia
Jurchen-led imperial dynasty of China
the Jin in 1117. At first, an envoy was sent to the Jin court under the pretext of buying horses, but in reality it was the start of negotiations between
Jin_dynasty_(1115–1234)
1940s Muslim anti-accession militia in Hyderabad
Hyderabad and prevent the accession of Hyderabad to India. One of the pretexts for Operation Polo by India which led to its annexation of Hyderabad was
Razakars_(Hyderabad)
King of England from 1413 to 1422
such pressure could have been brought to bear. Beneath these immediate pretexts lay an older grievance: the dynastic claim to the French throne first pursued
Henry_V_of_England
American rapper (born 1971)
her mother decided to end the situation and fled with Elliott on the pretext of taking a joyride on a local bus. In reality, the pair had found refuge
Missy_Elliott
United States Army officer, explorer, and politician (1813–1890)
consul, Thomas O. Larkin, and Mexican commandant Jose Castro, under the pretext of gaining fuller supplies. In February 1846, Frémont reunited with 45
John_C._Frémont
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
charges of Iraqi resistance to U.N access to suspected weapons were the pretext for crises between 1997 and 1998, culminating in intensive U.S. and British
Saddam_Hussein
Anti-communist killings and unrest in Indonesia
Angeles Times. John Roosa. Pretext for Mass Murder. pp. 62–70. John Roosa. Pretext for Mass Murder. pp. 70–73. John Roosa. Pretext for Mass Murder. pp. 73–74
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
Indonesian_mass_killings_of_1965–66
Country in North Africa
Tunisian international debt grew unmanageable. This was the reason or pretext for French forces to establish a protectorate in 1881. In 1869, Tunisia
Tunisia
American intervention in the Syrian civil war and conflict
state delivered in violation of international law under a far-fetched pretext.... a serious blow to Russian-US relations, which are already in a poor
United States intervention in Syria
United_States_intervention_in_Syria
country’s attempt to challenge China’s territorial sovereignty ... under the pretext of safeguarding navigation freedom.” At the start of October 2015, the
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea
1989 murder of an American schoolgirl
Mihaljevic by telephone and arranged to meet her at the shopping center on the pretext of his working with Amy's mother and buying a gift to celebrate her mother's
Killing_of_Amy_Mihaljevic
Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1894–1918)
stability of its multi-ethnic empire, seized upon the assassination as a pretext for action against Serbia. This pivotal event set off the July Crisis,
Gavrilo_Princip
1871 revolutionary city council in France
order to incite part of the population to rise up and eventually have a pretext for crushing Paris as a rebellious force. The Paris Commune inspired other
Paris_Commune
Indian gangster
Sanjay Raggad, Sadhu and Chhota Rajan himself, entered the arena on the pretext of retrieving the ball. After doing so, they walked right up to Kunju,
Bada_Rajan
President of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967
Indonesia (98): 30–59. doi:10.5728/indonesia.98.0029. Roosa, John (2006). Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État
Sukarno
Clark soon issued a decree of martial law using the Ganymede incident as a pretext. When martial law was declared, Hague began armed resistance against Clark's
List_of_Babylon_5_characters
Seat of the federal parliament of Germany
however, Hitler attributed the fire to Communist agitators. He used it as a pretext to claim that Communists were plotting against the German government, and
Reichstag_building
Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 to 1250
the March of Ancona and the Duchy of Spoleto. Gregory IX used this as pretext for direct military action against the emperor, and called for an unprecedented
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
1965–1973 anti-war movement
– some in front of literally thousands of witnesses – without even the pretext of and attempt to make an arrest." A crowd the Los Angeles Times reports
Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War
Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1885–1969)
starving populace and flew to Sweden to bring back medical supplies on the pretext of visiting her sister, Crown Princess Louise. She organised two shelters
Princess_Alice_of_Battenberg
Incident which nearly precipitated nuclear warfare
that he was also reprimanded for improper filing of paperwork with the pretext that he had not described the incident in the military diary. He received
1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
1942 film by Michael Curtiz
the Germans. Afterwards, Strasser has Renault close the club on a flimsy pretext. Later, Ilsa confronts Rick in the deserted café; when he refuses to give
Casablanca_(film)
Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453
tension between the kings of France and England over territory; the official pretext was the interruption of the direct male line of the Capetian dynasty.[citation
Hundred_Years'_War
German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)
at the University of Bonn. When Hitler and his army chiefs asked for a pretext for the invasion of Poland in 1939, Himmler, Heydrich, and Heinrich Müller
Heinrich_Himmler
Practice and advocacy of social nudity
as documentaries of the naturist lifestyle. In fact this was largely a pretext to exploit a loophole in censorship laws restricting the exhibition of
Naturism
and offered him less money than he got for The First Avenger under the pretext that it would be only simple voice work. Consequently, Weaving desisted
Production of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
Production_of_Avengers:_Infinity_War_and_Avengers:_Endgame
Leveraging its military support for the ascendant Nguyễn dynasty and using the pretexts of protecting religious freedom and trading rights, France conquered Vietnam
History_of_Vietnam
Soviet and Russian brothers, writer duo
engineering. The Strugatskys' reading preferences, which provided them with pretexts and models for developing their own literary style, were distinctive. Arkady
Arkady_and_Boris_Strugatsky
Semi-autonomous European city-state (1920–1939)
the slogan "Home to the Reich!". However, the Danzig crisis was just a pretext for war. Ribbentrop ordered Count Hans-Adolf von Moltke, the German ambassador
Free_City_of_Danzig
2007 Indian film
Shiva in the train by using chloroform to make him unconscious. In the pretext of going to Goa for business work, he goes about his plot, driving to Pune
Johnny_Gaddaar
Juvenile exploratory play
originates from children using the pretend roles of doctor and patient as a pretext for such an examination. However, whether or not such role-playing is involved
Playing_doctor
(mostly Serbs and Jews) during a major raid in southern Bačka, under the pretext of suppressing resistance activities. During and after the final stages
World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia
Systematic campaign in the Ottoman Empire
Armenians expected to be killed, but if they refused, it would provide a pretext for massacres. Armenians fortified themselves in Van and repelled the Ottoman
Armenian_genocide
independent candidates, were removed from the candidate lists using other legal pretexts. Smart Voting, a tactical voting strategy created by Navalny and his team
2021 Russian legislative election
2021_Russian_legislative_election
14th-century Chinese historical novel
opportunity to seize control of the imperial capital, Luoyang, under the pretext of protecting the emperor. Dong Zhuo later deposed Emperor Shao and replaced
Romance_of_the_Three_Kingdoms
2021 film by Venky Atluri
torture, Arjun plans to relocate to Dubai, where his sister lives, on the pretext of doing MBA. With the help of his friend's connection, who owns a consultancy
Rang_De
Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
all hopes of finding a peaceful solution gone, Caesar used Antony as a pretext for marching on Rome. As tribune, Antony's person was sacrosanct, so it
Mark_Antony
1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
scheme he has devised to murder and rob an elderly pawnbroker. On the pretext of pawning a watch, he visits her apartment, but he remains unable to commit
Crime_and_Punishment
19th-century Anglo-Russian confrontation
negotiate the release of Russian slaves that would deny the Russians a pretext for invading Khiva. If war had already broken out, Abbot was instructed
Great_Game
Maritime republic in Italy (697–1797)
the power of some of the old houses decreased and in 1310, under the pretext of defeat in the War of Ferrara, these families organized themselves in
Republic_of_Venice
American whistleblower (born 1983)
permitted temporary leave from his position at the NSA in Hawaii, on the pretext of receiving treatment for his epilepsy. In mid-May, Snowden gave an electronic
Edward_Snowden
1960 South African Police killing of protestors
The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township
Sharpeville_massacre
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