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ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion

Unicode characters are being used to evade email filters and phishing detection, highlighting the need for enhanced threat protection measures.

“Invisible Unicode characters popularized for hiding instructions from AI models are now being used to obfuscate words before email filters parse them. The post ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.”
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