ECSS: EC-Council Certified Security Specialist

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VerifiedInformation Security Threats and Attacks

Networks are susceptible to attacks caused by bandwidth overextension, bottlenecks, interception of network data, etc.

Which network attack is a process in which an attacker changes their IP address so that they appear to be someone else?

Explanation

IP address spoofing falsifies the source IP address to make network traffic appear to originate from a different, often trusted, system. CISA describes spoofing attacks as changing a packet’s source address so it appears to come from a known, trusted source.

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