Spoofing attack
CYBER ATTACK IN WHICH A PERSON OR PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY MASQUERADES AS ANOTHER BY FALSIFYING DATA
Spoof attack; Spoofing attacks; Spoof attacks; Email forging; GPS spoofing; Gps spoofing; Geolocation spoofing; Masquerade attack; Voice spoofing; Geo-spoofing; GNSS spoofing
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.