Pharming attacks occur by redirecting the user to a hacker website. While the user believes he/she has entered the address of a legitimate website, the user is actually redirected to an unsafe website.
How does it work?
- Starts with Phishing Attack
- Hacker tampers with a companies host files
- Redirects website traffic
- Uses malicious computer code
- Accesses credentials
While phishing occurs through the use of email and advertisements (affecting an individual), pharming occurs by redirecting the user to a non-legitimate and unsafe website (affecting a group of users).
Please be careful when sharing personal information over the web.
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