世界中の文字を収集して文字コードを付与する規格「Unicode」では、バージョンアップごとに次々と絵文字が追加されたり、画像じゃなく文字で出力するためコピー＆ペーストが可能なカレンダーを作成できたりと、文字を使ったさまざまな表現を使うことが ...

Imagine sending a simple emoji in a text message—just a cheerful smiley face or a thumbs-up—without a second thought. Now, what if I told you that same emoji could secretly carry hidden instructions ...

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 ...

In his blog, security researcher and curl maintainer Daniel Stenberg has drawn attention to a security problem caused by Unicode fraud that is difficult for reviewers, mergers, and CI jobs to ...

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 ...

It's easy to mistake an "l" for a "1" or an "I" with a poorly designed typeface. (Ahem.) Fortunately, modern fonts tend to use a variety of techniques to disambiguate those easily confused ...

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 ...