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social-eng-vishing-pretext

Run authorized voice-phishing (vishing) and pretext-based scenarios that test whether staff and help desks follow verification procedures — safely and by consent. Load after social-eng-methodology when the objective is phone/live-interaction based (help-desk password reset, MFA-reset abuse, pretext callback). Signals: "vishing", "call the help desk", "pretext", "test our verification process", "MFA reset social engineering".

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# Vishing & pretexting

## When it applies
The engagement authorizes live-interaction testing (cleared via `social-eng-methodology`) and the
objective is a process test: will the help desk reset a password or MFA without proper verification?
Will an employee act on a convincing caller? This targets *procedure adherence*, which phishing
email can't measure. Help-desk MFA-reset abuse is a leading real-world initial-access vector, so
testing it is high-value.

## Why it works
Voice adds urgency, authority, and social pressure that written channels lack — a confident caller
with a few true details (from `recon-osint`) and a plausible reason routinely gets a human to skip a
verification step. The finding is the *gap in the verification procedure*, not the individual who
answered.