Spoofing

Spoofing

Forging an email or IP address to hide one's location and identity. A spoofed website is one that mimics a real company's site — mainly financial services sites — to steal private information (passwords, account numbers) from people who are tricked into visiting it.

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Industry/Domain: Internet
Category: Internet security
Company: McAfee
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spoofing

Military; Missile defense

Any technique by which sensitive information or commands may be substituted or stopped without the knowledge of the authorized personnel involved.

spoofing

Telecommunications; General telecom

The interception, alteration, and retransmission of a cipher signal or data in such a way as to mislead the recipient. 2. (AIS) An attempt to gain access to an AIS by posing as an ...

spoofing

Internet; Internet security

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spoofing

Internet; Social media

The act or an instance of impersonating another person on the Internet or via email.

spoofing

Software; Globalization software service

The practice of masquerading as a trusted system to try to obtain confidential information. For example, when a would-be intruder sets up a client system with an IP address that ...

spoofing

Software; Online services; Email; Internet

The practice of changing the sender's name in an email message so that it looks as if it came from another address.

doxing

Internet; Internet security

Gathering and publicly posting the personal information of an internet user online. The term comes from the word "documents", as in "to post personal documents". Internet users ...

spyware

Internet; Internet security

A type of software that transmits personal information to a third party without the user’s knowledge or consent. Spyware seeks to exploit infected computers for commercial gain. ...

CleanBoot disk

Internet; Internet security

Anti-virus software that scans a system and optionally cleans or repairs infected files. It usually comes on a CD and includes its own built-in operating system that loads as ...

Layered service providers (LSPs)

Internet; Internet security

DLLs that use Winsock APIs to insert themselves into the TCP/IP stack. Once in the stack, LSPs can intercept and modify inbound and outbound Internet traffic.

HotFix releases

Internet; Internet security

Also known as patches, these releases include intermediate distribution of software or upgrades that repair specific issues.

spit

Internet; Internet security

A type of spam conveyed via VoIP.

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