EGAVE

spoofing

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb present participle and gerund of spoof
  2. noun Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access.
  3. noun A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.
  4. noun Phishing.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

spoof spoofed spoofs

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