COMPUTER NETWORKING

NETWORK SECURITY

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A type of attack that uses a forgotten IP or MAC address to impersonate a trusted computer.
A
Man-in-the-Middle
B
Distributed DoS (DDoS)
C
SYN Flood
D
Spoofing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IP spoofing, or IP address spoofing, refers to the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets with a false source IP address to impersonate another computer system. IP spoofing allows cybercriminals to carry out malicious actions, often without detection.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Email spoofing. Website and/or URL spoofing. Caller ID spoofing. Text message spoofing. GPS spoofing. Man-in-the-middle attacks. Extension spoofing. IP spoofing. More items

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