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Most hijacking programs constantly change the settings of browsers, meaning that user choices in their own browser are overwritten. Some antivirus software identifies browser hijacking software as malicious software and can remove it. Some spyware scanning programs have a browser restore function to set the user's browser settings back to ...
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, a sting site, a cousin domain, or a fake URL, is a form of cybersquatting, and possibly brandjacking which relies on mistakes such as typos made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. A user accidentally entering an incorrect website address may be led to any URL ...
Man-in-the-browser (MITB, MitB, MIB, MiB), a form of Internet threat related to man-in-the-middle (MITM), is a proxy Trojan horse [1] that infects a web browser by taking advantage of vulnerabilities in browser security to modify web pages, modify transaction content or insert additional transactions, all in a covert fashion invisible to both the user and host web application.
It is installed on a victim's machine alongside a wanted program, often without the user's consent. [2] Digital marketing agency Rafotech has been indicated as producer of the software. The same company has been accused to host fake search engines, which redirect the queries to yahoo.com or google.com.
If the browser is exploitable, further permanent "implants" (rootkits etc.) are deployed in the target computer, e.g. OLYMPUSFIRE for Windows, which gives complete remote access to the infected machine. [23] This type of attack is part of the man-in-the-middle attack family, though more specifically it is called man-on-the-side attack.
The legal definition of computer fraud varies by jurisdiction, but typically involves accessing a computer without permission or authorization. Forms of computer fraud include hacking into computers to alter information, distributing malicious code such as computer worms or viruses , installing malware or spyware to steal data, phishing , and ...
Browser hijacking; Clickjacking (including likejacking and cursorjacking), a phenomenon of hijacking "clicks" in a website context; DLL hijacking; DNS hijacking; Domain hijacking; Hijack attack, in communication, a form of active wiretapping in which the attacker seizes control of a previously established communication association; BGP hijacking
A potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security.