social-engineering-taxonomy SKILL.md skillA
social-engineering-taxonomy from hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code/social-engineering-taxonomy@git:20260930.71a2663Pins git:20260930.71a2663 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code
- Path
plugins/security-awareness/skills/social-engineering-taxonomy/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260930.71a2663, committed Sep 30, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 25, 2026
- Size
- 8,974 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Classification of social engineering attack types, the psychological principles they exploit, recognition cues, and verification habits such as callbacks and multi-channel checks. Use when building awareness training content or teaching staff to recognize manipulation attempts.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Social Engineering Taxonomy > Classification of social engineering attack types, psychological principles exploited, recognition patterns, and organizational defense strategies. ## Knowledge Base ### Definition Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging information that benefits the attacker. Unlike technical attacks that exploit software vulnerabilities, social engineering exploits human cognitive biases, trust relationships, and organizational processes. ### Attack Type Classification **Email-Based Attacks** | Type | Description | Targeting | Sophistication | |------|-------------|-----------|---------------| | Mass phishing | Untargeted emails to many recipients | None - spray and pray | Low | | Spear phishing | Targeted emails using personal information | Specific individuals | Medium-High | | Whaling | Phishing targeting executives/senior leadership | C-suite, board members | High | | BEC (Business Email Compromise) | Impersonating executives to request actions | Finance, accounting, HR | High | | Vendor impersonation | Impersonating suppliers requesting payment changes | Accounts payable | High | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code/social-engineering-taxonomy@sha256:88282121f5c56c14The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260930.71a2663, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_xnxlhe2elf5b6j3w)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 25, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026, about one every 218 days. Its first recorded version is graded C and its latest A.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260930.71a2663 latest | 2026-09-30 | 71a2663 | 8,974 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.4a0a620 | 2026-02-25 | 4a0a620 | 8,635 B | C | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8974 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-04 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xnxlhe2elf5b6j3w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hermeticormus/libresecops-claude-code/social-engineering-taxonomy GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/88282121f5c56c143a2c76317bbc4cdf0fff129fcef75f23e412d1f155566fba
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