spoofing
Pretending to be
Spoofing is the act of disguising or falsifying identity, origin, or data to deceive.
In computing, it covers techniques like email spoofing (faking a sender address) or IP spoofing (masking a computer's true network location).
In finance, spoofing refers to placing fake orders to manipulate market prices, then canceling them before execution.
More casually, spoofing can mean parodying or mocking something: The sketch show was spoofing political ads.
Pretending to be another
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- conArgument against
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
falsification · deception · sham · fake · fraudster · phishing · catfishing · pretexting
Deliberate deception for effect
- misleadCause false belief
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
feint · masquerade · sham · fake · ruse · bluff · decoy · misdirection
Harsh public mockery
- satireMockery exposing vice
- send-upMocking imitation of something
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- mockumentarySatirical fake nonfiction film
caricature · burlesque · pastiche · sketch · impression · impersonation · mimicry · SNL
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- man-in-the-middleCovert communication interception scheme
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
- firewallNetwork access control system
authentication · verification · domain · packet · header · masking · falsification · exploit
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- chaffProtective seed coverings
- signalMessage-conveying cue
countermeasure · SIGINT · interference · transponder · beacon
impersonation
Pretending to be another
counterfeit · falsification · deception · sham · fake · fraudster · phishing · catfishing · pretexting · misrepresentation
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
subterfuge · feint · masquerade · sham · fake · ruse · bluff · decoy · misdirection · disguise
lampoon
Harsh public mockery
mockumentary · caricature · burlesque · pastiche · sketch · impression · impersonation · mimicry · SNL · comedy
phishing
Fraudulent credential harvesting
- man-in-the-middleCovert communication interception scheme
- hackingInfiltrating protected digital systems
- cybersecurityProtection of digital systems
firewall · authentication · verification · domain · packet · header · masking · falsification · exploit · cybercrime
jamming
Blocking or wedging forcefully
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- chaffProtective seed coverings
signal · countermeasure · SIGINT · interference · transponder · beacon
- Wireless Attacksevil twin, man-in-the-middle, eavesdropping, jamming, signal jamming
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- spamspam, junk mail, spam filter, spam folder, bulk mail
- biometricsfingerprints, fingerprint scan, iris scan, face recognition, palm print
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
- email spoofingFalsifying message sender identity
- caller ID spoofingFalsifying displayed phone number
- number spoofingFaking outgoing caller identification