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Masquerade Attack

nounid 3225·updated May 9, 2026
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A type of attack in which one system entity illegitimately poses as (assumes the identity of) another entity.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Masquerade Attacks
possessive
Masquerade Attack's
pluralpossessive
Masquerade Attacks'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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A type of attack in which one system entity illegitimately poses as (assumes the identity of) another entity.

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