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2. Browser hijacking - Wikipedia

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   Some browser hijackers also contain spyware, for example, some install a software keylogger to gather information such as banking and e-mail authentication details. Some browser hijackers can also damage the registry on Windows systems, often permanently. While some browser hijacking can be easily reversed, other instances may be difficult to ...

3. Typosquatting - Wikipedia

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   Typosquatting. An incorrectly entered URL could lead to a website operated by a cybersquatter. 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 ...

4. Cross-site request forgery - Wikipedia

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   Cross-site request forgery is an example of a confused deputy attack against a web browser because the web browser is tricked into submitting a forged request by a less privileged attacker. CSRF commonly has the following characteristics: It involves sites that rely on a user's identity. It exploits the site's trust in that identity.

5. List of cyberattacks - Wikipedia

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   A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.

6. Fireball (software) - Wikipedia

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   Fireball (software) Fireball is a browser hijacking malware discovered by the security company Check Point. It takes over target browsers and turns them into zombies. [1][2][3][4][5]

7. Man-in-the-browser - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Malware - Wikipedia

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   Browser sandboxing is a security measure that isolates web browser processes and tabs from the operating system to prevent malicious code from exploiting vulnerabilities. It helps protect against malware, zero-day exploits , and unintentional data leaks by trapping potentially harmful code within the sandbox.

9. Browser security - Wikipedia

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   Browser security. Browser security is the application of Internet security to web browsers in order to protect networked data and computer systems from breaches of privacy or malware. Security exploits of browsers often use JavaScript, sometimes with cross-site scripting (XSS) [1] with a secondary payload using Adobe Flash. [2]