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Phishing and Pharming

April 08, 2022

As cyber criminals expand their attacks, new terms come into use. You have probably heard of "phishing", but another form of attack is "pharming". A post on the  IntelliPaat website explains the two.

Phishing is a communication from a seemingly legitimate source to trick users into revealing confidential and personal information. In addition to emails it can come from texts (smishing) or voice mail (vishing).