Podcast
Root Causes 200: Why Not to Copy and Paste Commands from Web Pages


Hosted by
Tim Callan
Chief Compliance Officer
Jason Soroko
Fellow
Original broadcast date
January 19, 2022
This episode describes newly revealed vulnerabilities where copying and pasting text from a web page can open the site visitor up to attack. Our hosts explain how this attack can occur and its potential consequences, along with how to defend yourself against this threat.
Podcast Transcript
Lightly edited for flow and brevity.
I guess the way around this is before you paste into a command line, paste into your favorite text editor of choice and just have a good look at what it is you actually pasted. I think that that’s good hygiene and a best practice now going forward.

