Clipboard Hacking
An interesting fact to ponder over-Clipboard Hack Problem - Shocking news about CTRL+C
Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are online. We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of Java scripts and ASP. This is called clipboard hack problem.
Just try this:
1. Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp (Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on Mozilla Firefox browser.)
3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.
Surprised!!!. Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.
It is true, text you last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when you visit web sites using a combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP, or CGI) to write your possible sensitive data to a database on another server.
How Cipboard Hack is done?
The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code:
<script language="JavaScript">
var content = clipboardData.getData("Text");
alert(content);</script>
How to safeguard yourself from Clipboard Hack Problem?
To avoid clipboard hack problem, do the following:
1. Go to internet options->security.
2. Press custom level.
3. In the security settings, disable “Allow paste operations via script” or “Allow Programmatic clipboard Access” option.
Only now the contents of your clipboard are safe!!!!I have taken one snapshot,just see below.
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