Pharming Definition
färmĭng
noun
The production of pharmaceuticals from genetically altered plants or animals.
American Heritage Medicine
A method of identity theft in which one sets up a website closely resembling a legitimate website, as of a bank, and surreptitiously redirects users trying to visit the authentic website to the fake one to trick them into revealing passwords or other personal information.
American Heritage
Origin of Pharming
Alteration (influenced by phish) of farm (after the server farms generally used to launch pharming attacks)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Blend of pharmaceutical farming gerund of farm
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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from pharmaceutical + farming
From Wiktionary
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By extension, from phishing
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