Editing Spoofing attack (section)

===Domain name spoofing===
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The term 'Domain name spoofing' (or simply though less accurately, 'Domain spoofing') is used generically to describe one or more of a class of [[phishing]] attacks that depend on falsifying or misrepresenting an internet [[domain name]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Canadian banks hit by two-year domain name spoofing scam | work=Finextra | url= https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/35030/canadian-banks-hit-by-two-year-domain-name-spoofing-scam |date=9 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Domain spoofing |publisher = [[Barracuda Networks]] |url=https://www.barracuda.com/glossary/domain-spoofing}}</ref> These are designed to persuade unsuspecting users into visiting a web site other than that intended, or opening an email that is not in reality from the address shown (or apparently shown).<ref>{{cite news |title=Mass Spoofing Campaign Abuses Walmart Brand | work=threatpost |author=Tara Seals |date=August 6, 2019 |url=https://threatpost.com/mass-spoofing-campaign-walmart/146994/ }}</ref> Although website and email spoofing attacks are more widely known, any service that relies on [[Name resolution (computer systems)|domain name resolution]] may be compromised.