Definition of clickjacking in English:
clickjacking
noun ˈklɪkdʒakɪŋˈklɪkˌdʒækɪŋ
mass nouninformal The malicious practice of manipulating a website user's activity by concealing hyperlinks beneath legitimate clickable content, thereby causing the user to perform actions of which they are unaware.
Microsoft has developed a technique to combat a common form of clickjacking
Example sentencesExamples
- So what should you do to prevent clickjacking?
- Just this week there's been proof that, in principle at least, it's possible to launch clickjacking attacks on users running rival browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome.
- ClickJacking is the latest browser-based security problem to crawl out of the wood work.
- In plain English, clickjacking lets hackers and scammers hide malicious stuff under the cover of the content on a legitimate site.
- IT security and data protection firm Sophos is advising Facebook users to be cautious following a widespread clickjacking attack that hit hundreds of thousands of users on the popular networking site over the holiday weekend.
- Gathering video from a webcam can be as simple as tricking the user into clicking on an innocuous-looking link in a Web page, a process known as clickjacking.
Origin
Early 21st century: blend of click and hijacking.
Definition of clickjacking in US English:
clickjacking
nounˈklikˌjakiNGˈklɪkˌdʒækɪŋ
informal The malicious practice of manipulating a website user's activity by concealing hyperlinks beneath legitimate clickable content, thereby causing the user to perform actions of which they are unaware.
Microsoft has developed a technique to combat a common form of clickjacking
Example sentencesExamples
- ClickJacking is the latest browser-based security problem to crawl out of the wood work.
- So what should you do to prevent clickjacking?
- Just this week there's been proof that, in principle at least, it's possible to launch clickjacking attacks on users running rival browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome.
- Gathering video from a webcam can be as simple as tricking the user into clicking on an innocuous-looking link in a Web page, a process known as clickjacking.
- In plain English, clickjacking lets hackers and scammers hide malicious stuff under the cover of the content on a legitimate site.
- IT security and data protection firm Sophos is advising Facebook users to be cautious following a widespread clickjacking attack that hit hundreds of thousands of users on the popular networking site over the holiday weekend.
Origin
Early 21st century: blend of click and hijacking.