There are several different kinds of cyber hijacking, among them:
Browser hijacking
Session hijacking
Domain hijacking
Clipboard hijacking
Domain name system (DNS) hijacking
Internet Protocol (IP) hijacking
Page hijacking
Browser hijacking: Hackers and unscrupulous online advertisers use browser hijacking to gain control of a web browser. Browser hijacking is most commonly used in practice to redirect web traffic, change default browser settings, or force a victim to click advertisements. However, there have been reports of hackers using hijacked browsers to intercept sensitive information and even trick unwitting victims into downloading additional malware. In some cases, victims willfully install a browser add-on or toolbar plug-in that includes browser hijacking capabilities. However, these developers usually go to great lengths to conceal this fact. In other cases, hackers may exploit browser security flaws to force victims to install their browser hijacker, also known as hijackware.
Session hijacking: Hackers gain unauthorized access to a victim's online account or profile by intercepting or cracking session tokens, which is a type of computer hijacking. Session tokens are cookies that are sent to users by a web server to verify their identity and website settings. If a hacker successfully cracks a session token, the consequences can range from eavesdropping to the insertion of malicious JavaScript programs. Because the first version of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HITP) was not designed to adequately protect cookies, session hijacking was a common mode of attack for hackers in the early 2000s. However, modern encryption and newer standards, such as HTTP Secure (HTTPS), have done a better job of protecting cookie data in recent years.
Domain hijacking: A domain hijacking occurs when a person or group attempts to take ownership of a web domain from its rightful owner. A cybercriminal, for example, could submit phony domain transfer requests in the hopes of obtaining a trusted domain to orchestrate sophisticated phishing campaigns. On the other end of the spectrum, a company with a trademarked brand name could use legal threats to force the web domain owner to transfer rights. Reverse domain hijacking refers to these corporate takeover attempts.
Clipboard hijacking: When you copy and paste images, text, and other information on your device, the act of copying temporarily stores that data in random access memory (RAM). The clipboard is the name given to this section of RAM. When hackers replace the contents of a victim's clipboard with their own, often malicious content, this is known as clipboard hijacking. Clipboard hijacking can be difficult to detect depending on the technical ability of the attacker and may be spread inadvertently by victims when they paste information into web forms.
DNS hijacking: DNS hijacking and domain hijacking are both attempts to seize control of a web domain. DNS hijacking, on the other hand, describes the takeover in a technical sense, whereas domain hijacking is a takeover through legal coercion or social engineering. DNS hijacking is appealing to hackers and cybercriminals because, like browser hijacking, successful DNS attacks allow them to redirect a victim's traffic in order to generate revenue through ads, create cloned websites to steal private data, and even censor or control the free flow of information.