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                <h1 class="display-1" style='line-height: 1'>Pretext Project</h1>
                <h2 class="display-4 font-weight-normal">Open-Source Collection of Social Engineering Pretexts</h2>
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              <h6 class="info-title text-uppercase text-primary">What's a pretext?</h6>
              <p class="description opacity-8">A <a href="https://www.social-engineer.org/framework/influencing-others/pretexting/" target="_blank">pretext</a> is a made-up story that social engineers use to convince a victim to reveal secret information or take a malicious action.</p>
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              <h6 class="info-title text-uppercase text-success">How do I use this?</h6>
              <p class="description opacity-8">Search by keyword or filter by type of pretext. For example, filter to all pretexts designed for credential harvesting delivered via email.</p>
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              <h6 class="info-title text-uppercase text-warning">Contribute</h6>
              <p class="description opacity-8">Please review <a href="https://github.com/pretext-project/pretext-project.github.io/blob/master/CONTRIBUTE.md" target="_blank">these contribution guidelines</a> prior to submitting a pretext. If you'd like to help curate our collection of pretexts, please DM <a href="https://twitter.com/joeleonjr" target="_blank">@joeleonjr</a>.</p>
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                  <input class='form-control' id="pretextSearch" placeholder='Search {{site.pretexts.size}} pretexts...' type='text'>
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                  <th data-priority="1">Pretext</th>
                  <th data-priority="4">Methods</th>
                  <th data-priority="2">Goal</th>
                  <th data-priority="3">Payloads</th>
                  <th data-priority="5">Date</th>
                  <th data-priority="6">Tags</th>
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                {% for i in site.pretexts %}
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                  <td style='font-weight: 100'>
                    <a href="{{i.url}}">{{i.title}}</a>
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                  <td>
                    {% assign methods = i.methods | split: "," | join: "," %} 

                    {% if methods contains "phone" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">phone</span>
                    {% endif %}

                    {% if methods contains "email" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">email</span>
                    {% endif %}

                    {% if methods contains "sms" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">sms</span>
                    {% endif %}

                    {% if methods contains "voicemail" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">voicemail</span>
                    {% endif %}

                    {% if methods contains "chatbot" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">chatbot</span>
                    {% endif %}

                    {% if methods contains "physical" %}
                        <span class="badge badge-success">physical</span>
                    {% endif %}

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                  <td>
                    {% assign goals = i.goals | split: "," | join: "," | downcase %}
    
                    {% if goals contains "cred harvest" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">cred harvest</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if goals contains "malware" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">malware</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if goals contains "physical access" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">physical access</span>
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                    {% if goals contains "info gather" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">info gather</span>
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                    {% if goals contains "funds transfer" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">funds transfer</span>
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                  <td>
                   {% assign payloads = i.payloads | split: "," | join: "," | downcase %}
                
                    {% if payloads contains "doc" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">doc</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "docx" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">docx</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "xls" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">xls</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "xlsx" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">xlsx</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "ppt" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">ppt</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "pptx" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">pptx</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "pdf" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">pdf</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "hta" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">hta</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "exe" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">exe</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "bat" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">bat</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "zip" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">zip</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "xss" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">xss</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "csrf" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">csrf</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "click-once" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">click-once</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "phishing page" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">phishing page</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "ole" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">ole</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "drive-by-download" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">drive-by-download</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "usb drop" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">usb drop</span>
                    {% endif %}


                    {% if payloads contains "cloud hosted file" %}
                      <span class="badge badge-success">cloud hosted file</span>
                    {% endif %}

                  <td style='font-weight: 100'>
                    {{ i.date | date: "%B %-d, %Y" }}
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                  <td>
                    {% for tag in i.tags %}
                    <span class="badge badge-success">{{ tag }}</span>
                    {% endfor %}
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                {% endfor %}
                
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