What is Pharming? Is it Like Phishing?
Computer Crime Research Center defines “pharming” and “phishing” as methods used to steal personal information from unsuspecting people over the Internet. Pharming tampers with the domain-name server system so that traffic to a Web site is secretly redirected to a different site altogether, even though the browser seems to be displaying the Web address you wanted to visit. To help avoid pharming, make sure the Web site has a valid certificate of authority, from a service like VeriSign, that matches the site’s name before you enter any personal data.
