Dangers of using Ctrl+C while surfing..

[xman]

NOTE: If you are using to save PASSWORDS / Cr. Card#s / IMP Info in clip-board Read carefully...

Do not keep sensitive data in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is a single line code to extract the text stored in the clipboard.



"var content = clipboardData.getData("Text");"


Just look at the following site, it demonstrates how easy it is to steal your sensitive information.
Select some text from this mail and Hit Ctrl+C and then check the link.


Select any text (say in notepad, WordPad) press ctrl+C and then click on the below mentioned link

Click the Link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/appl.../clipboard.htm

Right Click on the Web Page and Click "View Source" to see one line source code of the same

The following is supposed to prevent it:
A work-around for users using Internet Explorer 5.0 < , is to disable or set-to-prompt the option of "Allow paste operation via script", which is accessible through | Tools \ Internet Options \ Security \ Internet security zone \ Custom Level \ Scripting \ Allow paste operations via script | (Make it disabled)

[Raymond]

thanx for the info xmanji..

[Samanthajones]

thnx for the info and link

gr8 work xman!!!!

[jules]

thanx for the info xmanji..

[sujith_nic]

hello

thanks for this gud info

[friend]

thanks for this info.............

[harylove]

good info

Two weeks before my friend lost 720 euros.

NOTE: If you are using to save PASSWORDS / Cr. Card#s / IMP Info in clip-board Read carefully...

Do not keep sensitive data in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is a single line code to extract the text stored in the clipboard.



"var content = clipboardData.getData("Text");"


Just look at the following site, it demonstrates how easy it is to steal your sensitive information.
Select some text from this mail and Hit Ctrl+C and then check the link.


Select any text (say in notepad, WordPad) press ctrl+C and then click on the below mentioned link

Click the Link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/appl.../clipboard.htm

Right Click on the Web Page and Click "View Source" to see one line source code of the same

The following is supposed to prevent it:
A work-around for users using Internet Explorer 5.0 < , is to disable or set-to-prompt the option of "Allow paste operation via script", which is accessible through | Tools \ Internet Options \ Security \ Internet security zone \ Custom Level \ Scripting \ Allow paste operations via script | (Make it disabled)

[eworld]

hi

In IE 8 Which option should i select to disable Allow paste operations via script

[~IronMan~]

In IE 8 Which option should i select to disable Allow paste operations via script

it should be same as above...internet options in 5.0 and 8.0 are almost same

[edayadi]

Thank you Dear !

[ropr1000]

hi, thanks for this information but i think this problem up to windows xp only from vista the security setting is different same windows 7 also.......

[machan]

thanks for sharing the info