[SpamCop-List] Re: [MEDIA] Trend Micro buys MAPS.

[indigo]

Mike Easter wrote:
> indigo wrote:
>
> <cb review cite>
>
> >> "Antivirus company Trend Micro has acquired IP reputation services
> >> provider Kelkea, best known for its MAPS blacklist services, to
> >> bolster its ability to combat spam, phishing, and pharming."
> >
> > Pharming? They're going to plant crops on MAPS property?
>
> pharming.org's site has some stuff about the dns cache
> poisoning/hacking for pharming purposes including a number of news
> articles https://www.pharming.org/news.jsp

Oh. Never heard that term used before. It's not a nice word either.