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Clipboard Hack Problem - News about CTRL+C

Ctrl+C may be one of the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts we use every day. But it's not a very safe thing to do while you are surfing the internet.
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
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 passwords/credit card no./sensitive data to a database on another server.

How Clipboard Hack is done?
The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code:


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, select disable under Allow paste operations via script.

Now the contents of your clipboard are safe.

Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on Mozilla Firefox browser.

Please spread awareness of this issue with CTRL+C & help in preventing online-frauds…

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