Redirecting the traffic to a fake website by changing the details in user DNS
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Session hijacking
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Phishing
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Pharming
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MAC spoofing
Pharming is an attack that redirects users to fake websites by compromising DNS settings or poisoning DNS caches, unlike phishing which requires clicking a link. Option C is correct. Session hijacking (A) steals user sessions, phishing (B) uses deceptive links, and MAC spoofing (D) forges hardware addresses.
Pharming redirects users to a fraudulent website by corrupting DNS resolution (or the local hosts file) so that a legitimate domain name resolves to a malicious IP address, without the user clicking any suspicious link. This differs from phishing, which relies on deceptive emails or messages to lure the user, and from session hijacking, which takes over an already-established session rather than altering DNS records.