Attack

Eavesdropping attack

Software attack using special monitoring software to gain access to private communications on the network wire or across a wireless network. (aka sniffing attack)

spoofing attack

is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data and thereby gaining an illegitimate advantage.

masquerade

Impersonating another user, usually with the intention of gaining unauthorized access to a system


noun

1.a false show or pretence.
synonyms:
pretence, deception, pose, act, front, facade, disguise, dissimulation, cover-up, bluff, subterfuge, play-acting, make-believe

verb
1.pretend to be someone one is not.

synonyms:
pretend to be, pose as, pass oneself off as, impersonate, disguise oneself as, simulate, profess to be;
rarepersonate