pharming
Fake site hijacking
Pharming is a cyberattack that redirects website traffic to fraudulent sites, typically to steal passwords or financial information.
Unlike phishing, which tricks users into clicking bad links, pharming corrupts the underlying system that translates web addresses, so victims arrive at fake sites even when typing correct URLs.
The term blends phishing with farming, suggesting harvesting victims at scale.
Separately, pharming refers to genetically engineering plants or animals to produce pharmaceutical compounds: pharming insulin from modified bacteria.
Internet naming protocol
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- domainArea of control
- hijackingForcible seizure mid-transit
- spoofingFraudulent imitation
redirect · malware · hosts · file · credential · harvesting · hackers · phishing
Having inserted foreign genes
- bioreactorVessel for growing organisms
- recombinantGenetically engineered combination
- proteinFolded amino chain
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
gene · splicing · molecular · cloning · fermentation · bioprocessing · cell · culture
DNS
Internet naming protocol
spoofing · redirect · malware · hosts · file · credential · harvesting · hackers · phishing · identity
transgenic
Having inserted foreign genes
- bioreactorVessel for growing organisms
- recombinantGenetically engineered combination
- proteinFolded amino chain
expression · gene · splicing · molecular · cloning · fermentation · bioprocessing · cell · culture · enzyme
goats
Horned farm ruminants
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- rabbitsBurrowing lagomorphs with long ears
chickens · pigs · milk · eggs · protein · production · mammary · gland · transgene · livestock
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cyberattacksmalware, phishing, ransomware, hack, virus
- cybercrimehacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- cybercrimeshacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- cyberscamsphishing, scam emails, online scams, scams, email spoofing
- Cyberthreatsmalware, phishing, ransomware, hacking, viruses
pharmingsecure browsing
Protected internet use
cybersecurity · phishing · malware · hacking
farm, farming, farmer, pharmacy, farmers, farmhouse, farmyard, farmhand, farmstead