It
is the process in which somebody tries to get access to your system by
pretending as he/she is at trusted person on your system . In this
person alter his identity so anyone can trust them because they have
a fake identity of your friend or any relative .
Types of Spoofing
It is of four types :
• IP spoofing.
In this attacker switch it's IP address to gain information and to get access on your computer
• Email spoofing.
In
this attacker try to get essential information by sending you a frank
emails . They ask you give your valuable information as reply .Your
response to their emails will help them in crackiong your password
• Web spoofing.
This
is the most popular attack on the web in this attacker try install
their hacking tools on your system in the form of viruses after that
they get all your information easily That is they try to install a key
logger on your system after that they easily get your password I.D's and
many more
• Non-technical spoofing.
This
is attack involves corruption activities by the employ of a company or
worker who knows the sensitive information about company or a system