Question

The practice of making a transmission appears to come from an authorized user
1. Hacking
2. Spoofing
3. Spamming
4. Spamdexing

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Spoofing

The correct answer is Spoofing.

• The practice of making a transmission that appears to come from an authorized user is known as Spoofing. 
• In general, the term spoof refers to hacking or deception that imitates another person, software program, hardware device, or computer to bypass security measures.
• IP spoofing is a method of bypassing security measures on a network or gaining access to a network by imitating a different IP address.
• E-mail spoofing or address spoofing is faking a sender's e-mail address to fool the recipient of the e-mail into thinking someone else sent them the message.

Term	Description
Hacking	Hack is a hardware or software change not approved by the manufacturer or developer that makes it do something it wasn't intended to do.
Spamming	Spam is an e-mail sent to thousands and sometimes millions of people without prior approval, promoting a particular product, service, or scam to get other people's money.
Spamdexing	Spamdexing is the deliberate manipulation of search engine indexes.