Pharming attacks involve redirecting user requests by manipulating the Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol and rerouting the target from its intended IP address to one controlled by the hacker.

More sophisticated pharming attacks target the DNS server which is usually handled by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In such a scenario, a user has few options at hand to handle the risk and ...

This technical difficulty makes pharming less of a threat than phishing, says Shawn Eldridge, chairman of the Trusted Electronic Communications Forum (TECF, a consortium looking at ways companies ...