MAC Spoofing Attack

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About the rule

Rule Type

Standard

Rule Description

This rule detects when a device spoofs a MAC address—often used for ARP poisoning, session hijacking, or network insertion by attackers.

Severity

Trouble

Rule Requirement

Criteria

Action1: actionname = "DETECTION_ACTION_CISCO_MAC_SPOOFING_ATTACK" select Action1.HOSTNAME,Action1.IDS_NAME,Action1.SOURCE_IP,Action1.TYPESOURCE,Action1.TYPEFACILITY,Action1.INTERFACE,Action1.MESSAGE

Detection

Execution Mode

realtime

Log Sources

Cisco