A new JavaScript obfuscation method utilizing invisible Unicode characters to represent binary values is being actively abused in phishing attacks targeting affiliates of an American political ...

While the escape function is considered the symbol ﹤ (U+FE64) and ﹥ (U+FE65) as harmless. Thus, no escaping is being performed. But, when the late Unicode normalization with the algorithm NKFC is ...

As it turns out, there was—and in some cases still is. The invisible characters, the result of a quirk in the Unicode text encoding standard, create an ideal covert channel that can make it ...

Former NSW premier Mike Baird says the Liberal Party's failure to meet the nominations deadline for the September 14 council elections is a "tragedy", which is "hard to believe". He says he will ...

Handling Unicode and byte strings in Python can sometimes be a tricky affair, but with the right approach, you can manage them efficiently. Unicode is a standard for representing text in different ...

SACRAMENTO - The search for an escaped Sacramento teen who ran off in handcuffs and wearing nothing but hospital socks on his feet, continues. But how did this happen, and what are the protocols ...

Twitter on Monday rolled out its new logo and brand: 𝕏. 𝕏 is a Unicode character known as "mathematical double-struck capital X." The new logo is also nearly identical to the lowercase "x ...

However, should the abuse of Unicode for hiding malicious Python code become a trend, it might become cause for concern. "But, whomever this author copied this obfuscated code from is clever ...

A malicious Python package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository has been found to use Unicode as a trick to evade detection and deploy an info-stealing malware. The package in question, named ...

Python's Unicode support can be easily abused to hide malicious string matches, making code appear innocuous while still performing malicious behavior. In this case, the stealing of sensitive data ...