conducting-social-engineering-pretext-call

Warn

Audited by Socket on Sep 15, 2026

2 alerts found:

Securityx2
SecurityMEDIUM
SKILL.md

SUSPICIOUS. The skill is internally consistent and not a supply-chain lure, but it equips an AI agent to carry out offensive social-engineering calls with real-world consequences, including credential theft and fraud-like pretexts. Even with authorization language, this belongs to a high-risk red-team capability class and should be treated as dangerous agent functionality rather than benign guidance.

Confidence: 94%Severity: 85%
SecurityMEDIUM
scripts/agent.py

The code is not malware in the conventional technical sense: it contains no exfiltration, persistence, reverse shell, destructive behavior, or external network activity. However, its stated purpose and embedded templates materially facilitate phishing, credential theft, MFA bypass attempts, unauthorized financial transfers, and privilege escalation through telephone pretexting. It should not be used for real-world targeting. If adapted for legitimate training, it should use fictional targets and simulated secrets, remove requests for real credentials or financial actions, and clearly constrain activity to authorized exercises. As supplied, the code also fails to execute because of the incomplete final `main(` call.

Confidence: 99%Severity: 82%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Sep 15, 2026, 03:24 AM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/mukul975%2Fanthropic-cybersecurity-skills%2Fconducting-social-engineering-pretext-call%2F@a6120e0e4c58450f77ea279496464fc68047d03b64d9b008dc2903363bc6dcd6