Click hijacking

Introduction

• It is a malicious technique used to deceive users and trick them into clicking on a webpage element without their knowledge or consent. It involves overlaying or embedding invisible or disguised elements on a webpage, which are positioned in a way that misleads users into clicking on unintended buttons or links.

Solution

1. Frame Busting: Using frame-busting techniques, such as the X-Frame-Options header or the Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors directive, to prevent the website from being loaded within iframes on other domains.

2. Clickjacking Protection: Implementing defenses like the X-Frame-Options header with the SAMEORIGIN or DENY value, or using the frame-ancestors directive in Content-Security-Policy to restrict framing to the same origin.

3. Content Security Policies (CSP): Configuring a Content Security Policy that specifies which resources can be loaded and executed on a webpage, including enforcing stricter rules to prevent unauthorized elements from being overlaid or embedded.

4. User Education: Raising awareness among users about the risks of interacting with unfamiliar or suspicious websites, cautioning against clicking on unexpected or misleading elements, and promoting general web security best practices.