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Invisible Unicode Tricks Power Large-Scale Phishing Campaign
technology1 month ago

Invisible Unicode Tricks Power Large-Scale Phishing Campaign

Microsoft warns of a large-scale phishing campaign that hides messages by embedding invisible Unicode characters (ASCII smuggling) in finance-related words to evade filters; peak volume reached about 2.37 million daily messages in February and persisted into May; the campaign used ActiveCampaign infrastructure and was detected by Defender using other signals; defenders should normalize Unicode tag characters before detection and even before feeding content to AI to curb prompt-injection risks.

via BleepingComputer|
#ascii-smuggling#cybersecurity#email-security
Phishing Goes Incognito: Invisible Unicode Tricks Evade Filters
technology1 month ago

Phishing Goes Incognito: Invisible Unicode Tricks Evade Filters

Microsoft uncovered a massive phishing campaign that used invisible Unicode tag characters to hide content and split keywords, a form of ASCII smuggling that can bypass filters and extend beyond AI prompts into traditional email scams. The campaign peaked at 2.37 million messages in late February from finance-themed domains with weekday bursts and weekend lulls, and declined thereafter. Defenders are advised to normalize/tokenize to strip non-rendering Unicode points and monitor behavioral patterns like weekday-on/weekend-off activity.

via The Register|
#ai-safety-cross-domain#ascii-smuggling#email-security
Invisible Unicode tricks fuel spam as ASCII smuggling widens its reach
technology1 month ago

Invisible Unicode tricks fuel spam as ASCII smuggling widens its reach

An Ars Technica piece explains how “ASCII smuggling” uses invisible Unicode tag characters to hide malicious prompts in emails, enabling spammers to evade filters and trick AI detectors. Microsoft Defender logged a sharp spike in ASCII-smuggling signatures in early 2026, highlighting that traditional keyword searches and even some ML-based spam detectors can miss these hidden tokens unless filters are updated to account for invisible characters or use OCR-like analysis.

via Ars Technica|
#ai-prompt-injection#ascii-smuggling#email-security
Gender-Neutral Pronoun Could Enable Typing New Chinese Characters
culture9 months ago

Gender-Neutral Pronoun Could Enable Typing New Chinese Characters

A new gender-neutral Chinese pronoun, represented by the character X也, has been added to Unicode, potentially allowing easier typing and broader recognition for non-binary individuals in Chinese-speaking communities, marking a significant step in linguistic and cultural acknowledgment amidst ongoing LGBTQ+ rights challenges in regions like Hong Kong and China.

via CNN|
#chinese-pronouns#culture#gender-neutral
technology1 year ago

Why Do LLMs Overreact to the Seahorse Emoji?

The article explores why large language models (LLMs) seem to 'freak out' over the seahorse emoji, which is a real Unicode character. It discusses how LLMs internally represent and predict such emojis, often leading to loops or hallucinations due to their probabilistic nature and training data, and highlights the complex technical and conceptual reasons behind these behaviors.

via Hacker News|
#hallucination#llms#perceptual-anomaly
Bigfoot and New Emojis Set to Arrive on iOS by 2025
technology1 year ago

Bigfoot and New Emojis Set to Arrive on iOS by 2025

The Unicode Consortium has proposed eight new emoji characters for Unicode 17, including a Bigfoot-like creature, distorted face, and treasure chest, among others. These will be available on smartphones once approved, with Apple expected to implement them by spring 2026. Meanwhile, Apple plans to introduce Unicode 16 emoji in 2025 and has recently added new characters in iOS 17.4. Additionally, Apple is set to release Genmoji, customizable emoji generated from user phrases, in iOS 18.2, though they won't be cross-platform.

via MacRumors|
#apple#emoji#ios
"iOS 18 to Introduce 7 Exciting New Emojis"
technology2 years ago

"iOS 18 to Introduce 7 Exciting New Emojis"

The upcoming iOS 18 update for Apple devices is expected to introduce seven new emojis, including a face with bags under its eyes and a fingerprint, as part of Unicode 16. The update, anticipated in early 2025, may also feature significant AI enhancements, potentially including a major Siri upgrade and AI integration into apps like Music and Photos.

via Dexerto|
#ai#apple#emojis
"Apple Releases Critical iOS Update for iPhone and iPad Users"
technology3 years ago

"Apple Releases Critical iOS Update for iPhone and iPad Users"

Apple's iOS 16.4 update includes 31 new emoji, including a plain pink heart, a shaking-head smiley, and animals like a donkey, moose, and goose. The new emoji come from Unicode's September 2022 recommendation list, Emoji 15.0. Users can download the update now to start using the latest features, including voice isolation for calls and support for PlayStation 5 controllers.

via CNET|
#apple#emoji#ios-164