Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clickjacking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: click-jack-ing
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A malicious technique whereby part of a webpage is covered by transparent or misleading content that receives the user’s mouse clicks, thus causing them to execute commands they did not intend.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"New 0-Day Browser Exploits Clickjacking - yea, this is bad... Jeremiah Grossman & Robert "RSnake" Hansen"
"Clickjacking, however, evades the need for this cross domain reading, and instead directly places the mouse over the target area to click on the link or form that contains the nonce - thereby bypassing the need for client side cross domain read exploitation."

Etymology

Blend of click + hijacking, coined by Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen in 2008.

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

scrolljacking

Questions

What does clickjacking mean?: A malicious technique whereby part of a webpage is covered by transparent or misleading content that receives the user’s mouse clicks, thus causing them to execute commands they did not intend.
Where does clickjacking come from?: Blend of click + hijacking, coined by Jeremiah Grossman and Robert Hansen in 2008.

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