Everything about Login Spoofing totally explained
Login spoofing is a technique used to obtain a user's
password. The user is presented with an ordinary looking
login prompt for username and password, which is actually a malicious program, usually called a
Trojan horse under the control of the
attacker. When the username and password are entered, this information is logged or in some way passed along to the attacker, breaching security.
To prevent this, some
operating systems require a special key combination (called a
Secure attention key) to be entered before a login screen is presented, for example
Control-Alt-Delete. Users should be instructed to report login prompts that appear without having pressed this
secure attention key. Only the
kernel, which is the part of the operating system that interacts directly with the hardware, can detect whether the secure attention key has been pressed, so it can't be intercepted by third party programs, unless the kernel itself has been compromised.
Login spoofing can be considered a form of
social engineering.
Similarity to phishing
Whereas the concept of
phishing usually involves a scam in which victims respond to unsolicited e-mails that are either identical or similar in appearance to a familiar site which they may have prior affiliation with, login spoofing usually is indicative of a much more heinous form of vandalism or attack in that the attacker has already gained access to the victim computer to at least some degree.
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