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:''For pharming in [[genetics]] see: [[pharming (genetics)]].''

:''FotFor pharming in drug abuse see: [[Pharming parties]].''

'''Pharming''' is [[Black hat|hacker]]'s attack aiming to redirect [[website]]'s traffic to another (bogus) [[website]]. '''Pharming''' can be conducted either by changing [[hosts file]] on a victim’s computer or by [[Exploit (computer security)|exploitation]] of a [[vulnerability]] in [[Domain name system |DNS server]] [[software]]. DNS servers are [[computer]]s responsible for resolving Internet names into their real [[IP address|addresses]] — the "signposts" of the [[Internet]]. Compromised [[Domain name system |DNS server]] sometimes referred as [[DNS cache poisoning|"poisoned"]]. The term '''pharming''' is a word play on farming and phishing. The term [[phishing]] refers to [[social engineering (computer security)|social engineering]] attack to obtain [[Authentication|access credentials]] such as [[Login|user names]] and [[password]]s. In recent years both '''pharming''' and [[phishing]] has been used to [[Online identity theft|steal identity]] information. '''Pharming''' become of major concern to businesses hosting [[ecommerce]] and [[online banking]] websites. Sophisticated measures known as [[anti-pharming]] are required to protect against this serious threat. [[Antivirus software]] and [[spyware removal software]] can not protect against '''pharming'''.