Clipboard Disadvantage
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Have you ever copied a password, bank account number, credit card, or other sensitive information to your windows clipboard? If so, you may be putting yourself at risk!How so?
With just a single line of JavaScript, a malicious website can grab the info that's on your Windows Clipboard. Oh, and JavaScript isn't the only way - several other languages can be made to do similar things.
So, do you want to test and see if you're susceptible to this? It's easy enough. Copy a line or two of text from this article - or anywhere else. Once you have it, just click the link below to see if your clipboard info can be stolen:
Click Here To Test