Can Clipboard malware affects phone users?

[Nwada001]

The more advanced we are when it comes to security, the more hackers and malware programmers are also busy designing ways to break in. 
The clipboard virus is something that is possible to infect, in fact, any device so long as the device is connected to the internet and the user makes use of the internet without the use of a strong antivirus that will protect it from any attempt. I have come across someone whose wallet was hacked through a link that was clicked from a telegram to his phone. If such a program is channeled towards data theft from the clipboard, it can also be achieved.
Nothing is impossible for these hackers to do, but it's also very possible for us to avoid all of that by being very careful and avoiding clicking on links from untrusted sources. Online games can be very dangerous as well for those of us who play games online and connect Bluetooth devices for sound and control purposes. 

[armanda90]

Based on my experience with clipboard malware affect with computer only and not found any user complaint about this malware in their mobile phone. I don't active use mobile phone for cryptocurrency transaction because trough computer seems easy and faster than transaction have using mobile phone.

But mobile phone seems easy if detected with clipboard malware by resetting to beginner of our mobile than using computer need time how to restart back our computer. For mobile phone sending cryptocurrency assets seems easy and trough QR code we can sent to other wallet without have paste and actually not effective with clipboard malware in mobile phone.

[Rikafip]

Just to be on the safe side I'll suggest you just avoid downloading any third party keyboard most especially those ones that have a fancy look and just continue using the inbuilt keyboard.

I have been using 3rd party keyboard (Swiftkey) for a decade or so as I can't stand Samsung in built ones and had no issues whatsoever. You just have to use the common sense and stick to the best known ones and you shouldn't have an issue. And by common sense I mean checking at least first few and last few characters of the address and not using mobile phone wallet for anything other than a hot storage where you keep smaller amount of crypto.

I think it is common with fancy third party keyboards. But with built in android keyboards that was installed alongside the OS hardly get Malware attack except the device is regularly using hotspots from unknown and untrusted users.

Possible? Definitely. Common? I don't think so. Otherwise we would hear so many cases of people being hacked that way.


 

[sheenshane]

I think it is common with fancy third party keyboards. But with built in android keyboards that was installed alongside the OS hardly get Malware attack except the device is regularly using hotspots from unknown and untrusted users.

I tend to agree with this, there might be a chance that the app you downloaded has a malware clipboard that can affect your phone.
There are too many apps on playstore for fancy backgrounds like having a color and design and I think that's possible can be infected with the clipboard malware.  Because upon installing that app it asks the full access to your phone.


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[crwth]

If it has been invented on PC, it is probably applicable to phones. I remember on my device, an iOS device, in particular, a few years ago that it doesn't have any problems copying and pasting. After an update, now it asks if it can be pasted or if it shows the app where the clipboard is being copied.

I think it's a great safety feature to have known if the application is doing something with the clipboard or not without your permission. Definitely a good thing for users.

Better to be safe than sorry all the time.

[Woodie]

There are a few posts about clipboard malware that changes users addresses whenever they want to carry out new transactions and I have only seen this happened to a friend's laptop but not a smartphone, is it possible for this clipboard malware to affect a smartphone and swap your address to a fake address?

Android and IOS has a unique security system which doesn’t allowed virus to enter its core.

I agree, but If the phones operating system remains untempered and  still has update support.. security is almost guaranteed, but for devices that are either jailbroken or rooted here all security protocols are overwritten and very much possible for malware to be installed and possibly hijack the clipboard especially in instances were the keyboard is also a third party one.
But generally if phone OS is kept OEM and untwerked device should be safe from these clipboard viruses.