*Please be very careful when u press Ctrl + C *
Here is some useful information for all.
Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do every day. But it™s not a very
safe thing to do. Read on to know why. It is true, text you last copied for
pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when you visit websites using a
combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP, or CGI) to write your possible
sensitive data to a database on another server. Hopefully you haven™t copied
any credit card number recently before surfing!
safe thing to do. Read on to know why. It is true, text you last copied for
pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when you visit websites using a
combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP, or CGI) to write your possible
sensitive data to a database on another server. Hopefully you haven™t copied
any credit card number recently before surfing!
*Code:*
The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code:
*Code:*
<scriptt Language=JavaScript>
var content = clipboardData.getData(œText);
alert(content);
</Script>
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.
in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the
text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.
*Solution:*
You can stop hacking of clipboard content by doing:
*Go to internet options of explorer ->*
*tools menu ->Internet option -> Security Custom level*
* *
*In settings “ Select disable under allow past*
*operations via scriptt. (IE 6 or 7), *
*In IE 8 -> disable or prompt for programmatic clip board access*
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