Questions tagged [mac-spoofing]

"MAC spoofing is a technique for changing a factory-assigned Media Access Control (MAC) address of a network interface on a networked device" (Wikipedia)

MAC spoofing is a technique for reporting a MAC address different than the one assigned by the hardware manufacturer.

A common reason for spoofing one's mac address is avoiding user identification and tracking by a network administrator.

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Can't spoof MAC address in a MacBook

I'm having some trouble spoofing my MAC address on my new MacBook Pro (OSX 10.13.6): it simply doesn't change -.-" On my prevous MacBook I created and used this script: #! /bin/bash echo "Old MAC:" sudo ifconfig en0 ether | grep…
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First part of MAC addresses were being changed to non-compliant MAC address in network

Several machines on my network have a MAC address that is beginning with the same three first pairs of numbers for example The MAC cannot be found in the IEEE, but when I reboot the machines they get new MAC addresses with the same ending but…
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How can I show evidence to identify cyber attacker (MiTM and arp spoofing, evil twin)?

I am not new to technology but am a security novice. Here is my problem: I have been constantly harassed online for the past 10 months by presumably the same person. It has caused me untold stress, sleepless nights, delays in work and study and so…
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MAC spoofing on a Bluetooth LE Device (Bluetooth Low Energy security)

I am concerned with the MAC spoofing on a Bluetooth LE Device. Is it possible during only the bonding or would be possible in any step of the connection (pairing, bonding, scan, data exchange, etc...)
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Extracting MAC address from ifconfig output

I am writing a #!bin/bash shell script to automate MAC spoofing. In the script that I have written I make the outputs of ifconfig -a | grep HWaddr equivalent to two different variables. The command ifconfig -a | grep HWaddr returns eth0 Link…
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Changing Wifi Mac Address in Nox Emulator

I wanted to change Nox emulator mac address but it did not work at all When I use their commands guidance and using the mac changer part to alter mac address, nothing happens, and when I check from device the mac address is the same as before, What…
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I'm try an arp spoofing attack with scapy, but my target arp table register my ip address instead the spoofed one

I'm trying to make an arpspoofing attack with scapy. I'm working with virtualbox in Linux Min OS, My attack machine is KaliLinux and my target is Metasploitable. This is my scapy…
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How to select vendor when using macchanger in linux

Currently, I am using this command to spoof my MAC address: macchanger eth0 -A However, I want to be able to select which vendor I use. I know that the switch -l displays a list of all available vendors, but say I want to use one from Cisco, what…
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Fear of mac Spoofing. Two Mac addresses appearing on Router page with only 1 digit variation

As stated in the header, but to expand, i have been having connectivity issues and as paranoid as I can get i wanted to see if there was any foulplay as I was finding alot of strange, sporadic appearances of Wifi networks in my vicinity. Prior to…
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Identifying a public wifi network using MAC its address

The problem I am trying to figure out whether a mobile app user is located within a given wifi network. In order to do the match, I am comparing the MAC address reported by the user to the one sampled manually in advance. I have found that the…
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