What is Clickjacking Attack? How to Prevent? | UI Redressing

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Will answering simple maths quiz delete your Social Network account? If your answer is "No", then check this news Linkedin Clickjacking Vulnerability and come back. Will visiting a website turn on your webcam? The answer is "Yes". Check this Flash player clickjacking vulnerability...
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Good Article, a lot of people don't even know this can happen but it does and the people that don't know could run into problems without proper security for it, the best way to avoid this is not clicking everything you see i would think.
 
imsoadude said:
Good Article, a lot of people don't even know this can happen but it does and the people that don't know could run into problems without proper security for it, the best way to avoid this is not clicking everything you see i would think.
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After seeing it, i thought, most people have never heard of it, let alone know how it works, so hopefully this will help them.
 
I've known for a long time what this meant, sadly despite us knowing what it is, many do not and continue to fall for this kind of trick. FB is packed with it... spreads like wild fire and even when they're hit with this and other stuff are still none the wiser. Not even thinking of where they could of got this from...

Global education is what we need to inform as many people about this kind of thing to make them at least aware of the signs.
 
AyeAyeCaptain said:
Global education is what we need to inform as many people about this kind of thing to make them at least aware of the signs.
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Agree 100%.. This is a good place to start!
 
Clickjacking attacks are one of the most common problems when it comes to security on the Web. Most people doesn't know whether the site that they are clicking on is secure or not.
 
People must aware that sometimes clicking some links would not become interesting but worst enough is the result.
 
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