While malicious domain name resolution can result from compromises in the large numbers of trusted nodes that participate in a name lookup, the most vulnerable points of compromise are near the leaves of the internet. For instance, incorrect entries in a desktop computer’s Hosts file, which circumvents name lookup with its own local name to [...]
Every end-point on the Internet has an IP Address (currently, the standard for these addresses is IPv4 which specifies that addresses are 32 bits, but IPv6 is being deployed which uses many more bits to represent an address). These 32-bit addresses are usually represented textually as a ‘dotted quad’ – four numbers separated by . [...]
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For pharming in genetics, see pharming (genetics). For pharming in drug abuse, see pharming parties.
Pharming (pronounced farming) is a cracker’s attack aiming to redirect a website’s traffic to another, bogus website. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victim’s computer or by exploitation [...]
A text based presentation on phishing and pharming. (more)