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

See also

  • Hijack (disambiguation)
  • Hijacked (disambiguation)
  • Hijacker (disambiguation)
  • A Hijacking, a 2012 Danish thriller film

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