Spoofing Attack
Spoofing is an attack technique where the threat actor disguises their identity or impersonates another user or resource.
- can include any type of attack where the:
- threat actor disguises their identity
- or the source of network information is forged to appear legitimate
- e.g.,
- social engineering
- phishing
- pharming
- possible to abuse the way a protocol works or how network packets are constructed to inject false or modified data onto a network
- ARP and DNS services are often vectors for this