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Tutor III Computer 

Q. A spoofing attack is

  • (A) a prepared application that takes advantage of a known weakness.
  • (B) a tool used to quickly check computers on a network for known weaknesses.
  • (C) an application that captures TCP/IP data packets, which can maliciously be used to capture passwords and other data while it is in transit either within the computer or over the network.
  • (D) a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining illegitimate access.
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