Spoofing attack

In the context of information security, and especially network security, a spoofing attack is a situation in which a person or program successfully identifies as another by falsifying data, to gain an illegitimate advantage.[1]

  1. ^ Jindal, K.; Dalal, S.; Sharma, K. K. (February 2014). "Analyzing Spoofing Attacks in Wireless Networks". 2014 Fourth International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Technologies. pp. 398–402. doi:10.1109/ACCT.2014.46. ISBN 978-1-4799-4910-6. S2CID 15611849.