What is the forging of the return address on an email so that the email message appears to come from someone other than the actual sender? multiple choice hoaxes spoofing malicious code sniffer

The correct option is: B. Spoofing

Explanation:

In network security, a spoofing attack is defined as a technique by which an individual or a program impersonates as another by deliberately falsifying information or data to spread malware, steal information, or bypass access controls. The common types of spoofing are email spoofing, IP spoofing, DNS spoofing.

E-mail address spoofing is used by the hackers or spammers to hide the source or origin of the e-mails and is known as email spoofing. It involves creation of an email with a forged sender address.

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