Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
email spoofing
Romanian translation:
falsificarea adresei de email a expeditorului
English term
email spoofing
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)
4 +4 | falsificarea sau imitarea adresei de email a expeditorului | George C. |
4 | simulare adresa de email | Bogdan Mateciuc |
Jan 14, 2010 12:59: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Jan 14, 2010 13:06: Enrique Cavalitto changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"
Jan 17, 2010 13:55: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"
Jan 17, 2010 14:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"
Jan 18, 2010 09:43: George C. changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/0">'s</a> old entry - "email spoofing"" to ""falsificarea sau imitarea adresei de email a expeditorului""
Proposed translations
falsificarea sau imitarea adresei de email a expeditorului
Falsificarea adresei expeditorului (E-mail spoofing) Efectul acestui atac este recepţionarea de către un utilizator a unui e-mail având adresa expeditorului diferită de cea originală, de multe ori fiind inexistentă. Este folosit fie pentru a ascunde identitatea persoanei care a expediat e-mail-ul, fie pentru a „păcăli” utilizatorul şi a-l determina să răspundă la atac sau să divulge informaţii importante (parole). (Curs Academia de poliţie)
Spoofing Trimiterea de mesaje prin email care au fost create astfel incat sa para ca sunt trimise de un alt sender credibil. Spoofing este legat de termenul de Phishing. Vezi si "Authentication" si "Phishing". ( )
simulare adresa de email
He's using email spoofing to send mass messages. (wikipedia)
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