FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -Internet Protocol (IP) spoofing is a type of malicious attack where the threat actor hides the true source of IP packets to make it difficult to know where they came from. The attacker creates packets, changing the source IP address to impersonate a different computer system, disguise the sender’s identity or both.

Detailed explanation-2: -Spoofing can take many forms, such as spoofed emails, IP spoofing, DNS Spoofing, GPS spoofing, website spoofing, and spoofed calls.

Detailed explanation-3: -Email address spoofing attacks Email spoofing involves sending emails using false sender addresses. Attackers often use email address spoofing in socially engineered phishing attacks hoping to deceive their victims into believing an email is legitimate by pretending that it came from a trusted source.

Detailed explanation-4: -Spoofing is when someone or something pretends to be something else in an attempt to gain a victim’s confidence, get access to a system, steal data, or spread malware.

Detailed explanation-5: -IP source address spoofing is the process of intentionally configuring an IP address to impersonate another host or device on the network. This type of action is typically performed by a malicious actor attempting to circumvent access control restrictions that it would normally be subject to.