This is a more sophisticated form of MITM attack. A users session is redirected to a masquerading website. This can be achieved by corrupting a DNS server on the Internet and pointing a URL to the mas [..]

Pharming is a type of online scam where an attempt is made to redirect a website’s traffic to another, fraudulent website.  This is very similar to phishing, however, instead of relying completely on [..]

Redirecting a valid internet request to a malicious website by modifying a Hosts file or corrupting a network router domain name system. Reference(s) in IAPP Certification Textbooks: T150 Associated t [..]

An online scam that attacks the browser's address bar. User's type in what they think is a valid web-site address and are unknowingly redirected to an illegitimate site that steals their personal information.

Pharming is yet another way hackers attempt to manipulate users on the Internet. While phishing attempts to capture personal information by getting users to visit a fake website, pharming redirects us [..]

Pharming is a variation of phishing in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent websites without their knowledge or consent. Once on the fraudulent site, the user will be asked to submit confidential information and the attackers will capture this information for illegal use.

Similar in nature to email phishing, pharming seeks to obtain personal or private (usually financial related) information through domain spoofing. Rather than being spammed with malicious and mischiev [..]

A genetic engineering technique in which genes are modified (or inserted) in cells to make them produce pharmaceuticals.

An illegal method of redirecting traffic from another company’s website (such as a bank) to a fake one designed to look similar in order to steal user details when they try to log in.

is the (generally malicious) attempt to redirect a user to an imposter website, either by altering a file on the user’s computer or by attacking the DNS server which converts URLs into IP addresses.

A way of harvesting personal information, where a hacker puts a malicious code on your computer that redirects you to a fake site.

A hoax email designed to trick you into giving personal information or to ‘log in’. It may look like it comes from a bank or legitimate organisation.

An online scam that attacks the browser's address bar. Users type in what they think is a valid website address and are unknowingly redirected to an illegitimate site that steals their personal information.

A practice in which malicious code, such as a virus or other form of malware, redirects users from a legitimate website to a fraudulent one without their knowledge

Redirection of data traffic from one website to another through interventions in the domain name system (e.g., as a result of DNS cache poisoning).

Redirecting visitors from a real website to a bogus one. A user enters what is believed to be a valid Web address and is unknowingly redirected to an illegitimate site that steals the user's pers [..]

An attack redirects users to a bogus website such as fraudulent websites or proxy servers, typically through DNS server hijacking or poisoning.

Pharming attacks happen when a hacker is able to redirect users to a bogus website, even if they typed the web address correctly. This is usually possible after a user has unknowingly downloaded malic [..]

A malicious attack which can result in users being redirected from the intended website they wish to visit to a bogus website. This is often used to steal people’s personal information.

 Pharming redirects users to false websites without them even knowing it and hacks them.  

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Pharming refers to redirecting website traffic through hacking, whereby the hacker implements tools that redirect a search to a fake website. Pharming may cause users to find themselves on an illegiti [..]

1. The process of farming genetically engineered plants or animals to be used as living pharmaceutical factories. The practice has used cows, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and mice to produce large amounts of human proteins in their milk. Plants are being used to produce vaccines and diagnostic reagents. 2. The production of pharmaceuticals from gene [..]

The process of farming genetically engineered plants or animals to be used as living pharmaceutical factories. The practice has used cows, sheep, pigs, goats, rabbits and mice to produce large amounts of human proteins in their milk. Plants are being used to produce vaccines and diagnostic reagents.

The production of large quantities of useful proteins by transgenic animals or plants.

A divert is set-up from a company's real website, without their knowledge, to a bogus website. When customers attempt to access the real website the fraudsters gather customers' accoun [..]

Similar to DNS cache poisoning

Pharming is the term for the effect of the deployment of Troj ans either as keyloggers or malware capable of hijacking internet banking sessions, as criminals 'harvest' the information provided by these programs.

Redirects users to a fraudulent spoof Web site without their knowledge when they type in a legitimate Web site address. Usually the work of a Trojan Horse or other related virus.

Pharming takes place when users type in a valid URL and you are illegally redirected to a web site that is not legitimate in order to capture personal information through the internet such as credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security number and other sensitive information.

Similar to phishing, but involves Trojan programs, worms, or other sophisticated virus technologies that attack the Internet browser address bar. When users type in a valid URL they are redirected to a fraudulent website. Related Topics Avoiding Fraud & Schemes Identity Theft

A variation of phishing (see below) in which malicious code is installed on a personal computer or server, misdirecting users to fraudulent websites without their knowledge or consent. Once on the fraudulent site, the user will be asked to submit confidential information and the attackers will capture this information for illegal use.