A new Unicode text bug is being spread around today, popularised by a video by EverythingApplePro. It’s being called the ‘black dot’ bug because of its origins on Android as a bug relating to WhatsApp ...

If you have viewed a Web page containing strange characters you did not understand, you may have seen Unicode characters. Unicode consists of a character set that covers most languages in the world.

What if there was a way to sneak malicious instructions into Claude, Copilot, or other top-name AI chatbots and get confidential data out of them by using characters large language models can ...

As hackers are getting more sophisticated and security measures continue to improve, it’s a simple text message that can take down an iPhone. A recently spotted issue brought to light by a Redditor ...

If you receive a strange text from someone that looks like Arabic script and then your iPhone crashes; you have been a victim of a newly discovered flaw in iOS Unicode. Reports indicate that when the ...

A decades-old computer character standard has been updated with a symbol for bitcoin. The Unicode Consortium unveiled Unicode version 10.0 today, which includes the bitcoin "B" symbol. Overall, the ...

An old domain parsing loophole could make browsers like Chrome and Firefox vulnerable to undetectable phishing attacks, according to a recent report. Discovered by Xudong Zheng, a web application ...

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 ...

Led by Unicode Consortium member Michel Suignard, the proposed Hieroglyphs will add over 2,000 new glyphs to the current Unicode standards. It will also provide greater global standardization and ease ...

Apparently we live in a universe where crashing your friend's phone is considered a fun prank. There's a new bug going around that can paralyze the iPhone's Messages app if it receives a message with ...