What is the difference between phishing and pharming?
A. Phishing is not illegal, pharming is illegal
B. Phishing is the right of the company, where pharming is the right of the individual
C. Phishing is a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, and pharming reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites
D. All of these are correct
Option C. Phishing is a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, and pharming reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.
is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Phishing is define as a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft that may be used by hackers. They may send you malicious email that may look like legitimate ones but are the ones that trick you.
Pharming is defined as the fraudulent practice that reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites. It can even occur by simply clicking the authentic link or type in the website URL.
