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  2. ARP spoofing - Wikipedia

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    A successful ARP spoofing (poisoning) attack allows an attacker to alter routing on a network, effectively allowing for a man-in-the-middle attack.. In computer networking, ARP spoofing (also ARP cache poisoning or ARP poison routing) is a technique by which an attacker sends Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) messages onto a local area network.

  3. Spoofing attack - Wikipedia

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    IP spoofing and ARP spoofing in particular may be used to leverage man-in-the-middle attacks against hosts on a computer network. Spoofing attacks which take advantage of TCP/IP suite protocols may be mitigated with the use of firewalls capable of deep packet inspection or by taking measures to verify the identity of the sender or recipient of ...

  4. Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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    On April 6, 2006, Congressmen Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 5126, a bill that would have made caller ID spoofing a crime. Dubbed the "Truth in Caller ID Act of 2006", the bill would have outlawed causing "any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information" via "any telecommunications service or IP-enabled ...

  5. Which fireworks are illegal in California? What happens if ...

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    Which fireworks are illegal in California? “California has zero tolerance for the sale and use of illegal fireworks,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said on its website.

  6. Good News for Consumer Ally Reader: Caller ID Spoofing Now ...

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    A Consumer Ally reader recently contacted us for help after she and her daughter received repeated calls from someone using a fake caller ID. My daughter, who works in a church rectory, has been a ...

  7. Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia

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    ARP spoofing is a common DoS attack that involves a vulnerability in the ARP protocol that allows an attacker to associate their MAC address to the IP address of another computer or gateway, causing traffic intended for the original authentic IP to be re-routed to that of the attacker, causing a denial of service.

  8. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    What is spoofing? Spoofing happens when a hacker sends an email that looks like it came from your email address. While AOL tries hard to make sure we take steps to guard against this, if you do suspect you've been spoofed there are steps you can take to secure your account.

  9. California bars insurers from dropping fire victims until ...

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    A home reduced to rubble by the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California. Home insurers cannot drop fire victims from their policies for the next year, according to a new state policy (AFP via Getty Images)