Definition of pharming
Inducing to phishing (fake) site
- “Pharming” refers to the method of withdrawing savings of victims with their personal information acquired by swapping the website of a financial company with a phishing (phony) webpage during their access even when accessed through internet portals or “bookmarks” by manipulating their PCs which are infected with malignant code.
Recent damage examples of pharming
Damage examples of pharming
- Cases in which a swindler remotely accessed a victim’s PC and cheated the victim’s money through an account transfer
- A pop-up for payments on a fake online shopping mall
- Infection by opening fake pop-ups in the name of Financial Supervisory Service
- Cases of using a phishing site forging Financial Supervisory Service's financial civil complaint center
- Spreading a malignant code using an e-statement of credit card