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Form of unwanted software

Browser hijacking is a form of unwanted software that modifies a web browser's settings without a user's permission, to inject unwanted advertising into the user's browser. A browser hijacker may replace the existing home page, error page, or search engine with its own. These are generally used to force hits to a particular website, increasing its advertising revenue. A 2015 study presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy found that ad injection affected more than 5% of the unique IP addresses accessing Google each day, or tens of millions of users. Injected ads reached users through Chrome extensions and Windows programs. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Browser hijackingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: The web application hacker's handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: CookiExt: Patching the browser against session hijacking attacksCited 33 times
  4. Go sideways: Download ValleyA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Potentially unwanted programA closely related topic

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  3. Examples of hijackers

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