In a nutshell: A recent blog post by software engineer Paul Butler has shed light on a novel technique for concealing data within Unicode characters, specifically emojis. The post explains the concept ...

there was no such thing as plain text, and character code information was required to decipher text. However, in the 20 years until 2023, the usage rate of Unicode has reached 98% thanks to things ...

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 action ...