As if phishing isn’t bad enough, network security firms report pharmers are now emerging in larger numbers on the Internet to steal your identity. To top it off, new research has found that the volume of IM-borne security threats have also increased dramatically since the beginning of the year. The pharming scam uses DNS Cache Positioning to cheat innocent Internet users by injecting false information into DNS servers and allows hackers to redirect users to bogus Web sites.
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Pharming, SPIM Plaguing Internet
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire April 6, 2005 01:24 PMAs if phishing isn’t bad enough, network security firms report pharmers are now emerging in larger numbers on the Internet to steal your identity. To top it off, new research has found that the volume of IM-borne security threats have also increased dramatically since the beginning of the year. The pharming scam uses DNS Cache Positioning to cheat innocent Internet users by injecting false information into DNS servers and allows hackers to redirect users to bogus Web sites.