---
title: "pharming"
description: "A security attack intended to redirect a web site's traffic to a fraudulent web site without the user's knowledge or consent."
type: term
term_id: 684
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/pharming-5"
slug: "pharming"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/pharming/"
---

# pharming

A security attack intended to redirect a web site's traffic to a fraudulent web site without the user's knowledge or consent.

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Security Tester 2016

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/pharming/) — Pharming
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/pharming/) — pharming
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF-pharming/) — ファーミング（pharming）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/pharming/) — pharming
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/pharming/) — pharming
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/pharming/) — pharming
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/pharming/) — pharming

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