What is Pharming?

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What is Pharming?

Okay, so, What is Pharming? (Good question, right?)


Basically, pharming, its like phishings evil cousin. Phishing tries to trick you into giving away your info, usually through dodgy emails or fake websites that look super legit. Pharming, though, its sneakier.

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It cuts out the middleman, that being you clicking on the wrong link.


Instead of trying to fool you with a clever email (which, lets be honest, some of us are pretty good at spotting now), pharming attacks the DNS server (thats Domain Name System, super important for the internet to work, like a phonebook) and redirects you to a fake website without you even knowing. You type in your banks address, thinking youre all safe, but BAM! Youre on a cleverly designed imposter site controlled by the bad guys.


So, like, you type in your username and password, and poof, they got it.

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check You didnt click on anything sus, you just typed in what you thought was the right address, and the internet, well, it lied to you. Its like going to your best friends house but they moved and a stranger is living there but the house looks the same so you think its your friend. Creepy, huh?


Pharmings particularly nasty because its really hard to detect. managed service new york Your computer thinks its going to the right place. check managed services new york city managed services new york city Your browser shows the right address. check Youre doing everything right (or so you think!).

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Thats why its considered more dangerous than your run-of-the-mill phishing scam.

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It is a real serious problem, and really difficult to defend against.


So, yeah, thats pharming in a nutshell. Sneaky, underhanded, and a real pain in the butt to deal with, it really is a dangerous tool for hackers. Stay safe out there, folks! (And maybe double-check your bank statements just in case...you know?)

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