Difference between Spoofing and Phishing
Spoofing
Spoofing is a kind of computer virus attack where a person steals the details of a legitimate user and acts as another user. It is a kind of identity theft. This type of attack is generally used to breach security of big systems or to steal sensitive information of users.
Phishing
Phishing is a kind of social engineering attack where a person steals the sensitive information of user in a fraud manner by disguising as a legitimate person.
Following are the important difference between Spoofing and Phishing.
| Sr. No. | Key | Spoofing | Phishing |
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| 1 | Definition | Spoofing is an identity theft where a person is trying to use the identity of a legitimate user. | Phishing is where a person steals the sensitive information of user like bank account details. |
| 2 | Category | Spoofing can be phishing in part. | Phishing is not a part of spoofing. |
| 3 | Way | For Spoofing, someone has to download a malicious software in user's computer. | Phishing is done using social engineering. |
| 4 | Purpose | Spoofing is done to get a new identity. | Phishing is done to get confidential information. |
| 5 | Examples | IP Scoofing, Email Scoofing, URL Scoofing. | Phone Phishing like asking OTP or getting bank account details, Clone phishing. |
Published on 27-Nov-2019 12:42:27
