Clipboard Sniffer - Web Potential Exploit?

[xje4bv]

According to these guys at Friendlycanadian, it certainly is. What they claim is that through a simple Javascript script, anyone can view your contents of your clipboard as you surf the net. For those who do not know, whenever we CTRL-C or CTRL-V, the highlighted or selected items is stored in our computer RAM, which basically functions as a digital clipboard, hence the name. If a hacker could gain access to our PC's clipboard, and we just so happened to have copied our passwords and usernames, then i'm sure that needs no more elaboration. Anyway, if you are interested, head over to the website above. Their solution is to clear your clipboard before surfing the net by visiting their site and setting it as your homepage. This could just be another desperate attempt at gaining more views on their site, or it could be true. You be the judge.

[brayden]

yer it would be a frantic attempt to get more page views.

[bahirzaheri8]

Thanks for the update, by the way xje4bv that was my old avatar!