Also known as “phishing without a lure”, the term pharming is derived from a combination of “phishing” and “farming” and is a form of social engineering cyberattack. Where phishing works by redirecting web traffic to a specially created, fraudulent website designed to very accurately mimic the appearance of a legitimate site, a pharming attack doesn’t […]
Cyber criminals continue to improve upon tried and true methods of scamming unsuspecting businesses, and phishing and pharming attacks, while commonplace, are growing in technical sophistication. In this article, we explore the difference between these attacks, the danger they pose, and what you can do to protect your business. While their methods are different, the […]
Pharming attacks are sophisticated cyber-attacks which consist of a combination of phishing, malware and DNS poisoning. The browser address bar correctly displays the destination URL, however the internet traffic is diverted unknowingly to a destination that has the same look and feel as the legitimate URL, but is a malicious copy. How Pharming Impacts Your […]
In a previous article, “Internal DNS monitoring & restrictions”, we discussed how cyber-criminals are using poisoned DNS servers and used IP Addresses to carry out Pharming attacks. Instead of hacking a web server and putting a phishing page on the server, the criminals can configure a malicious DNS server and redirect the user to a […]
All companies use a DNS, so monitoring it is a must. A lot of things happen on the border of your Internet Perimeter. By monitoring, you can get feedback on network traffic. What are your employees using the Internet for? What is the most common page being visited? What network traffic is coming in or […]
Pharming attacks are sophisticated cyber-attacks that consist of a combination of phishing, malware and DNS poisoning. In a previous blog article, Pharming: how to identify it, impacts & risks, we discussed an early Pharming attack that involved compromising an end user’s internet router. This article focusses on an alternative Pharming method relating to the compromise […]
Pharming is a technique where attackers use modified DNS Servers to redirect address requests (typically for banking websites) to a realistic looking but entirely fake website, for the purpose of collecting banking information without the knowledge of the customer. Previously, this was done simply by waiting until a victim triggered a particular DNS lookup, which […]
“2015 will see an increase in the sophistication and evolution of cybercrime attacks”, predicts Trent Youl, FraudWatch International founder and CEO. Attacks in general will continue to become highly targeted as criminals seek to bypass spam and virus detection. The average consumer will find the ability to identify fraudulent email increasingly difficult, as emails will […]
A Summary of Phishing, Malware, Mobile and Social Media Cybercrime in 2014 2014 saw an evolution of cybercrime attacks, involving highly targeted, sophisticated campaigns against large organisations. We will take a look at the trends of a few of the attack methods in 2014. Phishing: The standard phishing methods used for the past 10 years […]