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Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters

BleepingComputer·September 6, 2026·1 min read
Attackers conceal phishing lures using invisible Unicode characters

Threat actors are using ASCII smuggling in phishing campaigns, embedding invisible Unicode characters to bypass email security filters. This technique conceals malicious links or payloads, making detection harder for traditional security tools. Organizations are advised to update email filtering systems to recognize such obfuscation methods.

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