Hijacking[1], to forcibly seize control of something, may refer to:
Transportation
edit- 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
edit- 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
- Session hijacking, exploitation of a valid computer session to gain unauthorized access
Other examples
edit- Brandjacking, the unauthorized use of a company's brand
- Credit card fraud
