There’s nothing worse than having your passwords out in the open. Many are now turning to password managers as a quick and reliable option to stay safe online.
However, tech giant Samsung might need to revisit its systems after it was shown to save user passwords in plain text, causing many to worry. See, most people just copy their passwords from the password manager. They assume that it would go away automatically after it’s pasted. But that’s not the case.
It sits there on the clipboard in plain text for a while. Many feel that some are more complex and longer than others, so it’s harder to recall or type. But that might cost them in the long run as the clipboard saves it, leading to a major security issue.
The clipboard, as proven by users, is the name given to a user interface that’s created by Samsung Electronics for smartphones running Android 9 version and later. The clipboard logs everything that’s copied. It could be private texts, passwords, and other private details.
The clipboard logs everything, and that’s true for even the most embarrassing paragraphs that were never sent. It does not matter if Gboard gets used or not. What does matter is how you can delete the clipboard in just an hour under Samsung’s jurisdiction. But no option is available yet for deleting that automatically.
To do the manual task might seem daunting to some people, but for the security risk involved, experts claim that it’s worth it. The company has since then released a response on this front. They claim that the matter is a valid concern for worry. They don’t have the setting built in for deleting contents copied into the clipboard for a certain period. The South Korean tech giant agrees that it’s a security risk.
Adding options like auto-clearing clear clipboard after some time for sensitive apps is certainly something they hope to include soon, based on the feedback received so far. The moderator vowed to work on this front and would be forwarding feedback to the respective team involved.
For now, the best advice we can provide is to delete the clipboard by manual means and use the option for secure input from the password manager directly. Now the question is why any of this really matters to begin with.
Well, if someone is picking up an unlocked device and checking to see the clipboard, it’s waiting for them. Moreover, the worst part is seeing information-stealing malware that keeps lurking and can siphon details straight from a clipboard.
Hackers see these clipboards as a goldmine. We’ve got malicious software existing in places to monitor the clipboards. They’re hunting passwords, crypto wallets, and more sensitive data so they can steal silently undercover.
We saw attackers infiltrate EU military networks and make use of the Remote Desktop Protocol to get access to the clipboard data through infected systems. They were not guessing the passwords, but they happened to be watching anyone copying and pasting them.
This is why the matter is serious, as you don’t want cybercriminals lurking around the clipboard to hunt you down.
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However, tech giant Samsung might need to revisit its systems after it was shown to save user passwords in plain text, causing many to worry. See, most people just copy their passwords from the password manager. They assume that it would go away automatically after it’s pasted. But that’s not the case.
It sits there on the clipboard in plain text for a while. Many feel that some are more complex and longer than others, so it’s harder to recall or type. But that might cost them in the long run as the clipboard saves it, leading to a major security issue.
The clipboard, as proven by users, is the name given to a user interface that’s created by Samsung Electronics for smartphones running Android 9 version and later. The clipboard logs everything that’s copied. It could be private texts, passwords, and other private details.
The clipboard logs everything, and that’s true for even the most embarrassing paragraphs that were never sent. It does not matter if Gboard gets used or not. What does matter is how you can delete the clipboard in just an hour under Samsung’s jurisdiction. But no option is available yet for deleting that automatically.
To do the manual task might seem daunting to some people, but for the security risk involved, experts claim that it’s worth it. The company has since then released a response on this front. They claim that the matter is a valid concern for worry. They don’t have the setting built in for deleting contents copied into the clipboard for a certain period. The South Korean tech giant agrees that it’s a security risk.
Adding options like auto-clearing clear clipboard after some time for sensitive apps is certainly something they hope to include soon, based on the feedback received so far. The moderator vowed to work on this front and would be forwarding feedback to the respective team involved.
For now, the best advice we can provide is to delete the clipboard by manual means and use the option for secure input from the password manager directly. Now the question is why any of this really matters to begin with.
Well, if someone is picking up an unlocked device and checking to see the clipboard, it’s waiting for them. Moreover, the worst part is seeing information-stealing malware that keeps lurking and can siphon details straight from a clipboard.
Hackers see these clipboards as a goldmine. We’ve got malicious software existing in places to monitor the clipboards. They’re hunting passwords, crypto wallets, and more sensitive data so they can steal silently undercover.
We saw attackers infiltrate EU military networks and make use of the Remote Desktop Protocol to get access to the clipboard data through infected systems. They were not guessing the passwords, but they happened to be watching anyone copying and pasting them.
This is why the matter is serious, as you don’t want cybercriminals lurking around the clipboard to hunt you down.
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