The correct answer is:
A. It modifies the user's Hosts file.
Pharming typically involves redirecting users from legitimate websites to fraudulent ones by altering their DNS settings or Hosts file. This tactic manipulates the user's computer settings to redirect them to a malicious site that looks like a legitimate one, aiming to capture sensitive information or perform other malicious activities.
Options B, C, and D refer to other types of cyber threats or tactics, such as ransomware, fraudulent advertisements, or instant message scams, but they are not specifically associated with pharming.
A is not necessary correct, pharming is action of redirecting to a website controlled by the hacker. The mean to achieve that goal can be tampering with the host file of the victime computer, but it can also be DNS poisoning, or much more easier URL hijacking in a phising email
The correct answer is A. Pharming redirects a valid internet request to a malicious site by modifying a hosts file and there is not much individuals can do about it except try to use up to date browsers. IAPP - Privacy in Technology, page 150 of the 2014 official publication
The correct answer is A. It modifies the user’s Hosts file. Pharming is a cyber attack intended to redirect a website’s traffic to another, fake site. In order to achieve this, attackers often modify the user’s Hosts file, which is used to look up hostnames of sites on the internet. By changing the Hosts file, the attacker can control which site the user ends up at when they type in a particular URL, leading them to a malicious site instead of the one they intended to visit.
I think the correct answer is "A". "Pharming is the redirection of a Web site’s actual or intended traffic to a malicious site. Redirection is often accomplished in one of two ways: modification of host files or by taking advantage of weaknesses in DNS services. https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/hosts-file-pharming-and-other-botnet-recruiting-methods/
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