email spoofing

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13:10 Jan 14, 2010

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Tech/Engineering - Internet, e-Commerce
Additional field(s): Computers: Systems, Networks, IT (Information Technology), Telecom(munications)

English term or phrase: email spoofing

Definition from Parliament House, Victoria:
A type of Internet fraud whereby the “header” of an email message is falsified to appear to come from a different sender’s address. This type of criminal activity is commonly used to deliver SPAM email, or for the purposes of fraud.

Example sentence(s):

Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to trick the user into making a damaging statement or releasing sensitive information (such as passwords). Carnegie Mellon University
You might receive an email that asks for detailed information on a secret company project which appears to come from your boss, but instead comes from your company's competitor. Many well-known companies are daily victims of email spoofing, either accidently with a virus, or deliberately. DAWN Ontario
A lot of modern worms use email spoofing when they send themselves from an infected computer. This spoofing tactic has led to a great deal of finger pointing and confusion among Internet users. Brett M.Christensen

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התחזות בדואר אלקטרוני

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התחזות בדואר אלקטרוני

Definition from וואללה - דוגמאות להפרת:
הטעיית נמען, או כל תוכנה או חומרה של נמען, בנוגע לדואר אלקטרוני שהוא מקבל, לרבות בנוגע למקור הדואר או למהותו, למשל על-ידי הטעייה בכל הנוגע לכתובת המקור של דואר אלקטרוני בשורת הנושא של דואר אלקטרוני
(spoofing);

Example sentence(s):

גרמניה והולנד שוקלות לאסור התחזות בדואר אלקטרוני - YNET - אינטרנט
התקפות התחזות (Spoofing) מתרחשות כאשר אדם אחד או תוכנית אחת מצליחים להתחזות לאדם או תוכנית אחרים כדי להשיג גישה להודעות דואר אלקטרוני אישיות - Microsoft Exchange Server
הצג התחזות, טיפול שלא כדין וציתותים בדואר האלקטרוני. הצג סיוע במניעה של התחזות וטיפול שלא כדין באמצעות חתימות דיגיטליות - MS-Outlook - אבטחה ופרטיות

Explanation:
Also not uncommon:
Spoofing
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Ron Armon
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