When an attacker presents a program or himself as someone else to obtain private information and pretends to be a legitimate web

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S_A_V [24]

3 years ago

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When an attacker presents a program or himself as someone else to obtain private information and pretends to be a legitimate web

site, network, ftp site, or person in a chat session, what type of attack is occurring?

Computers and Technology

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timofeeve [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-12T17:04:09+03:00

timofeeve [1]3 years ago

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A spoofing attack. "<span>a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data, thereby gaining an illegitimate advantage."</span>