How Masquerade Attack Works?

Masquerade attack involves impersonating legitimate sources and creating fake identities in order to trick victims into submitting their personal and financial information. Attackers also leverage masquerade attack to pretend as someone else and gain unauthorized access to victims' systems or organizations' network.

How is masquerade attack done?

In case of an insider attack, a masquerade attacker gains access to the account of a legitimate user either by stealing the victim's account ID and password, or by using a keylogger. ... For example, if a legitimate user leaves the terminal or session open and logged in, a co-worker may act as a masquerade attacker.

What is a masquerade attack?

Masquerade attack consists of a person imitating someone else's identity and using legitimate sources to carry out cyber crimes in the victim's name.