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  2. IP address spoofing - Wikipedia

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    The use of packets with a false source IP address is not always evidence of malicious intent. For example, in performance testing of websites, hundreds or even thousands of "vusers" (virtual users) may be created, each executing a test script against the website under test, in order to simulate what will happen when the system goes "live" and a large number of users log in simultaneously.

  3. Idle scan - Wikipedia

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    Once a suitable zombie is found the next step would be to try to establish a TCP connection with a given service (port) of the target system, impersonating the zombie. It is done by sending a SYN packet to the target computer, spoofing the IP address from the zombie, i.e. with the source address equal to zombie IP address.

  4. Spoofed URL - Wikipedia

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    Spoofing is the act of deception or hoaxing. [2] URLs are the address of a resource (as a document or website) on the Internet that consists of a communications protocol followed by the name or address of a computer on the network and that often includes additional locating information (as directory and file names). [3]

  5. Spoofing attack - Wikipedia

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    Such services are called Text-to-Speech (TTS) or Style transfer services. The first one aimed at creating a new person. The second one aimed at identifies as another in voice identification systems. A large number of scientists are busy developing algorithms that would be able to distinguish the synthesized voice of the machine from the real one.

  6. TCP reset attack - Wikipedia

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    The basic protocol used on the Internet is the Internet Protocol (IP), which is usually coupled with additional protocols such as TCP (Transmission Control Protocol [2]) or UDP (User Datagram Protocol). TCP/IP is the protocol set used for email and web browsing. Each protocol has a block of information, called a header, included near the front ...

  7. Why You Need to Hide Your IP Address from Hackers - AOL

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    Configure your device to use the proxy server's IP address and port number in your internet settings. Use Mobile Data: If you’re using a mobile device, connecting to the internet using your ...

  8. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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    Spoofing happens when someone sends emails making it look like it they were sent from your account. In reality, the emails are sent through a spoofer's non-AOL server. They show your address in the "From" field to trick people into opening them and potentially infecting their accounts and computers. Differences between hacked and spoofed

  9. Website spoofing - Wikipedia

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    Normally, the spoof website will adopt the design of the target website, and it sometimes has a similar URL. [1] A more sophisticated attack results in an attacker creating a "shadow copy" of the World Wide Web by having all of the victim's traffic go through the attacker's machine, causing the attacker to obtain the victim's sensitive information.