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[SANS ISC] Cryptocurrency Clipboard Swapper Delivered With Love

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I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “Cryptocurrency Clipboard Swapper Delivered With Love“: Be careful if you’re a user of cryptocurrencies. My goal is not to re-open a debate about them and their associated financial risks. No, I’m talking here about technical risk. Wallet addresses are long strings of characters that

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Random chinese characters on attempt to copy clipboard from X forwarded ssh session [migrated]

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I use X forwarding with a debian server running openssh so that I can directly copy over error messages I see in tmux to my local machine.
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The Origin of Cut, Copy, and Paste

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I’m always fascinated that someone designed just about everything you use, no matter how trivial it is. The keyboard you type on, the light switch you turn on, even the faucet handle. They don’t just spontaneously grow on trees, so …read more

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Share Your Clipboard Across Machines Using MQTT

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Many of us regularly move from one computer to another for work, play, and hacking; every now and then finding yourself wishing you could copy something on one machine and paste on another without additional steps in between. [Ayan Pahwa] was well acquainted with this frustration, so he created AnywhereDoor, …read more

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Microsoft Sued for LinkedIn Clipboard Snooping Scare

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LinkedIn got caught reading personal data from iPhone clipboards. Now a user is suing Microsoft’s social network.
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Smashing Security podcast #186: This one’s for all the Karens!

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A high-rolling Hushpuppi gets extradited to the United States, Carole details her problems with clipboards and Disposophobia, and our guest becomes the subject of fake news during the Senegalese election.
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Smashing Security podcast #186: This one’s for all the Karens!

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A high-rolling Hushpuppi gets extradited to the United States, Carole details her problems with clipboards and Disposophobia, and our guest becomes the subject of fake news during the Senegalese election.
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Hackaday Podcast 073: Betrayal By Clipboard, Scratching 4K, Flaming Solder Joints, and Electric Paper

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Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams review a great week in the hacking world. There’s an incredible 4k projector build that started from a broken cellphone, a hand-cranked player (MIDI) piano, and a woeful story of clipboard vulnerabilities found in numerous browsers and browser-based apps. Plus you’ll love the …read more

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