New Phishing Technique Uses Hidden Unicode Characters to Bypass Email Filters

New Phishing Technique Uses Hidden Unicode Characters to Bypass Email Filters

First seen 3 Dec 2025, 05:38 UTC •FoxnewsMediapost •31.3

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Cybercriminals have developed a new phishing technique that employs invisible Unicode characters to evade email filters. This method embeds soft hyphens between letters in email subjects, making the scams harder to detect. Consumers are increasingly targeted by these sophisticated email attacks despite improvements in filtering technology.

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