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A smurf attack is an exploitation of the Internet Protocol (IP) broadcast addressing to create a denial of service. The attacker uses a program called Smurf to cause the attacked part of a network to become inoperable. The exploit of smurfing, as it has come to be known, takes advantage of certain known characteristics of the Internet Protocol (IP) and the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The ICMP is used by network nodes and their administrators to exchange information about the state of the network.
1. The pharming attack definition, according to Wikipedia: âPharming is an attackerâs attack intended to redirect a websiteâs traffic to another, bogus site. Pharming can be conducted either by changing the hosts file on a victimâs computer or by exploitation of a vulnerability in DNS server software.NS Cache Poisoning Attack Scenario. Here is the attack scenario that an attacker will follow when performing the pharming attack: 1  An attacker hacks into the DNS server (a cache poisoning attack). 2  The attacker changes the IP address for www.targetsite.com to the IP of www.faketargetsite.com.