A combination
of 'farming' and 'phishing', this term refers to the process by which a hacker
gets a domain name for a site & then uses it to redirect this site's
traffic to another, bogus website.
It can comp
romise serious information & cause heavy losses if the site being copied is
that of a bank or / taxation department.
It can also be used to steal passwords, PIN or / account numbers.
The best way
to prevent this is to make sure you use secure Web connections (https) to
access privacy-sensitive sites.
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