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Pharming is a cyberattack intended to redirect a website's traffic to another, fake site by installing a malicious program on the victim's computer in order to gain access to it. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victim's computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software. DNS servers are computers responsible for resolving Internet names into their real IP addresses. Compromised DNS servers are sometimes referred to as "poisoned". Pharming requires unprotected access to target a computer, such as altering a customer's home computer, rather tha

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Vinony's link graph records 17 inbound references to Pharming, and connects out to Domain Name Server, identity theft and Australia.

It is catalogued under topics including Computer security exploits and Types of malware.

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Pharming – polega na modyfikacji zawartości adresu www w celu przekierowania użytkownika na fałszywą stronę, mimo wpisania prawidłowego adresu strony. Ma to na celu przejęcie wpisywanych przez użytkownika do zaufanych witryn haseł, numerów kart kredytowych i innych poufnych danych.

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