Phenix, VA. Phenix is located close to the center of Virginia. Phenix is part of Charlotte County. Phenix has 1.15 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Phenix population is 275, which has grown 37.50% since 2000.
Phishing, also referred to as brand spoofing or carding, is a variation on fishing, the idea being that bait is thrown out with the hopes that while most will ignore the bait, some will be tempted into biting. Other forms: phish (v.). PREVIOUSphase change memory.
The term âpharmingâ is a neologism based on the words âfarmingâ and âphishing.â Phishing is a type of social-engineering attack to obtain access credentials, such as user names and passwords. In recent years, both pharming and phishing have been used to gain information for online identity theft.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.