InfoWorld

How GlassWorm wormed its way back into developers’ code — and what it says about open source security

Weeks after being declared eradicated, GlassWorm is again infesting open source extensions using the same invisible Unicode ...
Bleeping Computer

Invisible characters could be hiding backdoors in your JavaScript code

Could malicious backdoors be hiding in your code, that otherwise appears perfectly clean to the human eye and text editors alike? A security researcher has shed light on how invisible characters can ...
Hackaday

Building Up Unicode Characters One Bit At A Time

The range of characters that can be represented by Unicode is truly bewildering. If there’s a symbol that was ever used to represent a sound or a concept anywhere in the world, chances are pretty good ...
Engadget

Unicode 14.0 adds 37 new emoji, including 'melting face' and 'beans'

Following a pandemic-related delay, the Unicode Consortium has finalized Unicode 14.0. In all, the update adds 838 characters to the text standard. Of those 838 characters, 37 represent new emoji that ...

GlassWorm malware returns on OpenVSX with 3 new VSCode extensions

The GlassWorm malware campaign, which impacted the OpenVSX and Visual Studio Code marketplaces last month, has returned with ...
Ars Technica

Any idea why I'm getting the wrong unicode characters?

When I hold down the Alt key and press +00C6, I should get this symbol Æ (which I inserted from character map), but instead I get this symbol ♠ (which I typed in directly).<BR><BR>Any idea why I'm ...
Hackaday

Punycodes Explained

When you’re restricted to ASCII, how can you represent more complex things like emojis or non-Latin characters? One answer is Punycode, which is a way to represent Unicode characters in ASCII. However ...
Ars Technica

Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.

What if there was a way to sneak malicious instructions into Claude, Copilot, or other top-name AI chatbots and get confidential data out of them by using characters large language models can ...
Engadget

Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name

The Unicode Consortium has announced that it's adding what's essentially a Bigfoot emoji to the open Unicode standard this fall. The famous cryptid will appear as "Hairy Creature" alongside a ...
MacRumors

iOS 16.4 Beta Adds New Emoji Like Donkey, Jellyfish, Pink Heart, Hyacinth, Ginger, Goose, Shaking Face and More

The iOS 16.4 beta that was released today introduces new Unicode 15 emoji characters, adding new emoji options for the first time in more than a year. New emoji characters include shaking face, pink ...
MacRumors

Unicode Consortium Delays Emoji 14 Update for Six Months, Emoji 13 Characters Not Affected

The Unicode Consortium today announced that it is delaying version 14 of the Unicode Standard by six months, and the delay will affect emoji that were scheduled to be included as part of the update.