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Phishers Exploit Invisible Unicode Characters to Evade Email Filters
Microsoft researchers uncovered a massive phishing campaign that used sneaky invisible Unicode characters to slip past email filters, peaking at a staggering 2.37 million messages per day in late February. This clever tactic, dubbed "ASCII smuggling," allowed scammers to hide finance-themed lures in plain sight.
Microsoft Exposes ASCII Smuggling in Massive Phishing Campaign
As threat actors get smarter, they're finding new ways to sneak malicious messages past our defenses - like the recent ASCII smuggling phishing campaign that sent millions of messages. This sneaky technique uses clever coding to hide in plain sight, making it harder to catch.