What Is Pharming

question 13

Multiple Choice

What is pharming?

• A) Reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.
• B) A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent emails that look as though they came from legitimate businesses.
• C) A masquerading attack that combines spam with spoofing.
• D) A phone scam that attempts to defraud people by asking them to call a bogus telephone number to "confirm" their account information.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A method of teaching new behaviors by rewarding closer and closer approximations to the desired behavior.

Acquiring

The process of obtaining or gaining possession of something.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

A psychotherapeutic approach that aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic process.

Systematic Desensitization Therapy

Type of behavior therapy that attempts to reduce client anxiety through relaxation techniques and progressive exposure to feared stimuli.