Spoofing Glossary
Browse 6 spoofing terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
6 Spoofing Terms
- ARP Spoofing
- The act of sending forged ARP messages on a local network to impersonate another device's IP-to-MAC mapping. ARP spoofing is often used to perform...
- Email Impersonation
- A tactic where an attacker makes an email appear to come from a trusted person, brand, or internal source in order to deceive recipients. It may involve...
- Fabrication Attack
- An attack that injects forged data, events, messages, or telemetry into a system so defenders or automated processes act on false information. Fabrication...
- Facial Recognition Security
- The security of systems that identify or verify people by comparing facial features against stored templates. It includes model accuracy, liveness detection,...
- Impersonation
- The act of pretending to be another user, service, or trusted entity in order to gain access, trust, or influence. Impersonation can occur through stolen...
- Packet Spoofing
- The crafting of network packets with falsified source or other header fields to disguise origin, bypass simple trust assumptions, or aid reflection and evasion...
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