Hijacking

Hijacking , to forcibly seize control of something, may refer to:

Transportation Aircraft hijacking, the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group Carjacking, a robbery in which the item stolen is a motor vehicle Maritime hijacking, or piracy

Computing and communications BGP hijacking, the illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses Bluejacking, the unsolicited transmission of data via Bluetooth Browser hijacking, unwanted software that modifies a web browser's settings Clickjacking, a malicious technique of tricking a user into clicking on something different to what they perceive DLL hijacking, attacking a dynamic-link library DNS hijacking, subverting the resolution of Domain Name System queries Domain hijacking, illegitimate changing the registration of a domain name Reverse domain hijacking Session hijacking, exploitation of a valid computer session to gain unauthorized access

Other examples Brandjacking, the unauthorized use of a company's brand Credit card fraud

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