Dangers Of Using Ctrl + C on your Computer

Please be very careful when you press Ctrl + C while surfing the net. I know many people are used to it because they are not aware of the security challenges posed by copying sensitive data to your clipboard while surfing the net.

For the dummies who don’t really know what Cntl + C does in your Windows computer, it copies the highlighted text/file.

This warning is not in anyway related to copying files. It only handles text

Ctrl+C, we use it every day . But it’s not a very safe thing to do. Why?

If you copy your text to your clipboard while surfing the internet, it can be accessible online combining JavaScript and ASP(or PHP or CGI).

If you don’t believe me,

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.

So 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.