Similar to phishing, is directing internet users to fraudulent web sites with the intention of stealing their personal information, such as social security numbers, passwords, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers.

Pharming.

Explanation:

Security threats in a network are initiated by cyber attacker. The sole purpose is to extract the information they need from a victimized network of systems. They are various types of cyber attacks, they are key logging, DNS poisoning, spyware, malicious ware, phishing, pharming etc.

Pharming is a type of cyber attack that is intended to redirect users to a fake website, with the sole intention of stealing their personal and crucial details. It is accompanied  by DNS poisoning, since the entry of the actual website is changed of poisoned in the DNS server.