Google Study About Manual Hijacking

Account hijacking is a thing that happens a lot. There are different types of hijacking of which one of the most common is mass hijacking. In this case, an automated process uses compromised systems to send out spam messages, malware and phishing campaigns to get even more accounts hijacked. This kind of attacks are usually targeting political institutions, universities, governments and corporations.

Another type of hijacking is so called manual hijacking. This type of attacks are targeting normal users and are done by individuals instead of automated botnets.

Google have published a study they made about manual hijacking. This study can be viewed here (as a pdf document)