Phishing Pharmers Phooling Pholks Phraudulently

MercuryNews.com - Identity thieves' new ploy: `pharming' "Pharming is a new scam that automatically directs computer users from a legitimate Web site to a fraudulent copy of that site -- without any warning signs. The fraudulent site collects passwords, credit card numbers or other private information for potential misuse.

Pharming operates through fake Web sites. But pharming cuts out the need for a response from the victim as required by phishing schemes, where the recipient of the scam e-mail must open the message and link to the bogus site. Pharming exploits an underlying Internet technology -- known as the Domain Name System, or DNS"

More great new about how DNS technology is seriously Ph***ed up...