Hijacking
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
The use of an authenticated user's communication session to communicate with system components.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
An exploitation of a valid network session for unauthorized purposes
Wordset Dictionary
robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
—75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- highjacking
- plural
- Hijackings
- possessive
- Hijacking's
- pluralpossessive
- Hijackings'