Spoofing is a type of attack where a person or program tries to deceive other people or programs by providing false information. It is usually done with the intention to cause harm, steal information, or gain access to resources that they are not authorised to access.
Spoofing can be done in various ways, but it generally involves falsifying data so that it appears as though it came from an authorised source.
Types of Spoofing Attacks:
1) Address spoofing: This type of attack involves an attacker forging IP address for their packets so that they appear as if they are coming from a trusted source.
2) Protocol spoofing: This type of attack involves an attacker forging the protocol type in packets so that they appear as if they are using one protocol when they are actually using a different one.
3) Ping of death: This attack involves sending a large number of echo requests to a victim in order to exhaust it.
4)ARP spoofing: ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol and is responsible for translating IP addresses into their corresponding MAC (hardware address) when exchanging packets on the local network.
ARP spoofing attacks take advantage of the fact that, by default, an attacker can initiate all outgoing traffic and change their source address.
DNS Amplification AttacksDNS amplification attacks are an attempt to overload a targeted website with traffic by sending a flood of spoofed DNS queries.
The goal is to use the victim’s infrastructure (such as their cache, application servers, and network) to respond and send responses back to the attacker without being aware of the attack.
The attacker sends spoofed DNS queries to the victim's server, which respond and send zeros or large responses back. This causes the victim’s infrastructure to become saturated as it responds and scales back.
The attacker sends spoofed DNS queries to the victim's server, which respond and send zeros or large responses back.
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