Opera Brings Clipboard Attack Prevention to Opera One

Web browser maker Opera announced that it’s adding native clipboard attack prevention to Opera One via a feature called Paste Protect.

“Today we’re introducing a unique browser-native feature that protects you from malicious code injection attacks, attacks that use social engineering to trick you into allowing attackers access to your system or sensitive data,” Opera’s Santiago Benavides García writes. “We’re calling it Paste Protect.”

As Opera describes it, Paste Protect actively prevents malicious code from being copied into your clipboard, and it lets you know that there was an attempt to copy something potentially harmful into the clipboard.

“We’re the first major browser to integrate a feature that protects you from this type of attack natively,” Garcia explains. “While there are extensions that try to do the same, and warning systems are featured in some operating systems, Paste Protect is built directly into the Opera browser, the first line of defense before a malicious command even makes it that far into your machine.”

You can learn more about Paste Protect on the Opera website. If you would like to test this feature now, it’s available now in Opera One by enabling Early Bird Mode. Paste Protect is enabled by default but you can disable this feature if desired.