The word clickjacking first appeared in 2008, coined by Internet security experts Robert Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman. The term is, of course, a blend of the words click and hijacking (=illegally taking control of something). Modelling itself on the pattern of hijack, the derived form clickjack also exists, which can be used as a countable noun, to refer to an instance of clickjacking, or a transitive verb, usually occurring in the passive form, as in get clickjacked. The derived noun clickjacker is used for perpetrators.

The word clickjacking first appeared in 2008, coined by Internet security experts Robert Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman. The term is, of course, a blend of the words click and hijacking (=illegally taking control of something). Modelling itself on the pattern of hijack, the derived form clickjack also exists, which can be used as a countable noun, to refer to an instance of clickjacking, or a transitive verb, usually occurring in the passive form, as in get clickjacked. The derived noun clickjacker is used for perpetrators.