Domain spoofing
Making an email look like it's from a trusted company by faking the display name, while the real sending address is different.
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Related terms
- Default credentials Factory-set usernames and passwords, identical across every unit of a device.
- Defence in depth Using many layers of protection, not just one.
- Dependency confusion An attack where a malicious package is mistaken for, or substituted in place of, a legitimate one by name.
- DPDP Act (Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023) India's core law governing personal data collection and use.
- EDR Endpoint detection and response, tooling that watches devices and servers for suspicious activity.
- Encoding Representing data in a different, instantly reversible format.