Which of the following exploits either a host file on a target machine or vulnerabilities on a DNS
server in order to carry out URL redirection?
A.
Pharming
B.
Spoofing
C.
Vishing
D.
Phishing
Which of the following exploits either a host file on a target machine or vulnerabilities on a DNS server in order to carry out URL redirection?
Which of the following exploits either a host file on a target machine or vulnerabilities on a DNS
server in order to carry out URL redirection?
The answer is pharming.
“either a host file on a target machine or vulnerabilities on a DNS
serve”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharming
Agreed
The answer is not pharming, its spoofing
Its pharming, As far as I know you spoof hardware address to get access or to redirect the network to your fake MAC. Here is the definitions from Professor Messer’s notes.
Pharming
Redirection to a bogus site
Combines farming with phishing
Farming – Harvest large groups of people
Phishing – Collect access credentials
Difficult for anti-malware software to stop
Everything appears legitimate to the user
Spoofing
Pretend to be something you aren’t
Fake web server, fake DNS server, etc.
Email address spoofing
The sending address of an email isn’t really the sender
Man-in-the-middle attacks
The person in the middle of the conversation pretends to be both endpoints
Caller ID spoofing
The incoming call information is completely fake
The answer is Pharming. Please referto page 321 and 322 on the textbook.
Pharming is the correct answer.
Pharming is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website’s traffic to another, fake site. Pharming can be conducted either by CHANGING THE HOSTS FILE on a victim’s computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software.
Pharming is right