
Clipboard Hack Problem
What happens when we press Ctrl+C while we 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 Javascripts and ASP which is known as clipboard hack problem.
Just try this:
- Copy any text by Ctrl + C
- Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
- We will see the text we copied was accessed by this web page
It is true; text we last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen when we 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.
Now Let us know….How Clipboard Hack is done?
The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code:
< language = ” JavaScript “>
var content = clipboardData .. getData ( ” Text ” ) ;
alert ( content ) ;
< / script >
So, How we can safeguard our self from Clipboard Hack Problem?
To avoid clipboard hack problem, do the following:
- Go to internet options->security.
- Press custom level.
- In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script.
Contributed by:
Praniti Jha
Internet Marketing Executive