What is a characteristic of a pharming attack?
- a threat actor redirects a victim from a valid website to a malicious legitimate looking site
- a type of attack in which a social engineer impersonates another person to have physical access to systems in an organization
- a social engineering attack carried out in a phone conversation
- a type of attack where the threat actor obtains confidential data of the victim using binoculars or even a telescope
Explanation: Pharming is an impersonation attack in which a threat actor redirects a victim from a valid website or resource to a malicious one that could be made to appear as a valid site to the user. From there, an attempt is made to extract confidential information from the user or install malware on the system of the victim.
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