Domain Name System Spoofing. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. DNS cache poisoning is an attack in which altered DNS records are used to redirect online traffic to a fraudulent website that resembles its intended destination.
Domain spoofing a common form of phishing occurs when an attacker appears to use a companys domain to impersonate a company or one of its employees. Spoofing can apply to emails phone calls and websites or it can be more technical such as IP spoofing Address Resolution Protocol ARP spoofing or Domain Name System DNS server. Computers in the network communicate using IP address.
IP addresses are a 32 bit numbers which are difficult to remember.
Once youve traveled to a fraudulent page you may be puzzled on how to resolve it despite being the only one who can. Also known as DNS spoofing DNS cache poisoning is an attack designed to locate and then exploit vulnerabilities that exist in a DNS or domain name system in order to draw organic traffic away from a legitimate server and over to a fake one. However DNS was not developed with security in mind. Domain Name System DNS poisoning and spoofing are types of cyberattack that exploit DNS server vulnerabilities to divert traffic away from legitimate servers towards fake ones.