Spoofing is a fraudulent practice in which communication is sent from an unauthorized source and disguised as a known source to the receiver. It is used to gain access to targets personal information and spread malware and redistribute traffic to execute a denial-of-service attack.
The below listed are the most popular spoofing attacks:
- Email spoofing
- Website spoofing
- Caller ID spoofing
- ARP spoofing
- DNS server spoofing
