Hijacking of Clicks: Attacks and Mitigation Techniques

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Hossain Shahriar (Kennesaw State University, USA)and VamsheeKrishna Devendran (Kennesaw State University, USA)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 11
Source title: Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal)and Irene Maria Portela (Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6324-4.ch009

Keywords: Criminal Science and Forensics / Digital Crime & Forensics / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

Purchase

View Hijacking of Clicks: Attacks and Mitigation Techniques on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Clickjacking attacks are an emerging threat on the Web. The attacks allure users to click on objects transparently placed in malicious Web pages. The resultant actions of the click operations may cause unwanted operations in the legitimate websites without the knowledge of users. Recent reports suggest that victims can be tricked to click on a wide range of websites such as social network (Facebook, Twitter), shopping (Amazon), and online banking. One reported incident on clickjacking attack enabled the webcam and microphone of a victim without his/her knowledge. To combat against clickjacking attacks, application developers need to understand how clickjacking attacks occur along with existing solutions available to defend the attacks. This chapter shows a number of basic and advanced clickjacking attacks. The authors then show a number of detection techniques available at the client, server, and proxy levels.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Hijacking of Clicks: Attacks and Mitigation Techniques

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors