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| | TechWeb | News | Phishers Turn To DNS Wildcards, Cache Poisoning | Mar. 8, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Phishers are using ever-more-sophisticated tactics, including DNS wildcards and DNS cache poisoning--the latter dubbed "pharming"--to separate consumers from their money, a British security firm said Tuesday. |
 | | According to Netcraft, criminals are now using DSN wildcards and URL encoding to create e-mail links that appear to be for legitimate sites, but actually send unwary consumers to fake Web sites, where phishers try to steal confidential information, such as bank or credit account numbers. |
 | | Another advanced technique that has seen some use by phishers is DNS cache poisoning, a way to silently redirect users from real sites to spoofed copies, where dangerous spyware is loaded onto their systems. |
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