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This signal relates to AI usage, assistants, models or data handled by these systems. It should be read through a governance lens: which data enters the tool, which access is granted and which traces remain auditable.
Cybersecurity watch
Phishing Campaign Sends Millions of Emails Using Invisible Unicode to Evade Filters
Why it matters
This page references a cybersecurity signal published by The Hacker News. It helps CISOs, DPOs, IT leaders, infrastructure teams, SMBs and enterprise accounts track vulnerabilities, alerts and trends that may affect security, compliance or system resilience.
Watch points
- Sensitive data sent to AI tools
- Connectors, permissions and access logs
- Internal rules for assistants, agents and local LLMs
Recommended action
Review handled data, connectors and available logs before authorizing or expanding the AI usage concerned.
Relevant for
DPOs, CISOs, IT leaders, innovation teams, exposed business units and AI compliance owners.
Source summary
Microsoft is alerting of a "high-volume phishing campaign" that's using invisible Unicode tag characters to bypass email filters. "Instead of using these characters to hide instructions from people while exposing them to AI models, the attacker used them to split financial lure words such as 'funding' to prevent email filters from parsing them," the...
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