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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rupesh Hanumant Khetawat, Pune, IN;
Sumesh Jaiswal, Pune, IN;
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for clipboard monitoring are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method including identifying text that has been copied from an application to a clipboard; copying the identified text to a cache separate from the clipboard; replacing the identified text in the clipboard with a delayed clipboard object; in response to a reference call from the delayed clipboard object, analyzing the copied text for sensitive data; and in response to determining that the copied text includes sensitive data, providing a response to the reference call from the delayed clipboard object that does not include the copied text.