Pharming

a hacker's attack to redirect a website's traffic to another, bogus website.

• by changing the hosts file on a victim's computer or
• by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software

• Typing URL e.g.
        www.newegg.com
  translates to IP address
        216.52.208.185
• DNS: a dictionary with pairs URL - IP
• What happens if somebody hacks DNS?
• Instead of
        216.52.208.185, www.newegg.com
  might take us to
        192.168.10.103
• Usually, a false web page is there