Email Spoofing

 Email Spoofing

If you don’t know what spear phishing is, and have not read our email spoofing article, check it out. This will set the tone and give you a base line knowledge on what it is.

To rehash on this subject a little, email spoofing is basically cloning an email address that already exists. It may even be someone you already know. You send this spoofed email out to a victim in order to execute something called a spear phishing attack. These attacks try and squeeze important information out of someone, and can be a form of social engineering.

So, how do you create a spoofed email address and use a spear phishing attack to steal information? Were glad you asked! There are tons of free software programs out there available for download. You can even use online tools that don’t require any sort of downloading to create a fake email address.

One online tool that you can use is called send email. You can use this free online tool to clone an email address that already exists. You can then use this cloned email as a gag to prank someone you may know. However, this tool can be used to steal information. I hope you now know how hackers create spoofed emails to try and take important data that’s not theirs.