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clickjack attack
Last modified: Sunday, January 04, 2009 

Clickjacking, or clickjack attack, is a vulnerability used by an attacker to collect an infected user's clicks. The attacker can force the user to do all sort of things from adjusting the user's computer settings to unwittingly sending the user to Web sites that might have malicious code. Also, by taking advantage of Adobe Flash or JavaScript, an attacker could even place a button under or over a legitimate button, making it difficult for users to detect.

See "You Could be Getting Clickjacked" on internetnews.com.

Also see "Technology Terms to Know for 2009" in the Did You Know...? section of Webopedia.

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Clickjacking: Researchers raise alert for scary new cross-browser exploit 
The two researchers behind the discovery (Robert Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman) have released droplets of information to highlight the severity of this issue.

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You Could be Getting Clickjacked 
If you're not careful about where you click, you could become a victim of a clickjacking attack.

FAQ: Clickjacking -- should you be worried?
Nearly all browsers are vulnerable to this new attack class, but details are scarce.

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