{"id":10254,"date":"2025-10-17T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paynopain.com\/glosario\/pharming\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:30:09","slug":"pharming","status":"publish","type":"glosario","link":"https:\/\/paynopain.com\/en\/glossary\/pharming\/","title":{"rendered":"Pharming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_pharming\"><\/span>What is pharming?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pharming is a cyber scam based on manipulating the <strong>traffic of a website<\/strong> in order to steal the user&#8217;s confidential information. It is a sophisticated form of fraud that manages to direct users to a <strong>fake website<\/strong> without them noticing. 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