Question

Which of the following is a cyber-attack intended to redirect a website’s traffic to another bogus site either by changing the hosts file on a victim's computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software.

A Phishing

B Pharming

C Spoofing

D Cloning

E None of these

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Which of the following is a cyber-attack intended to redirect a website’s traffic to another bogus site either by changing the hosts file on a victim's computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software.

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