Hijacking

Hijacking¹, to forcibly seize control of something, may refer to:

• 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

• 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

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