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Spammers tap soft hyphens to beat email intercept security


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It seems that spammers are starting to use the so-called 'SHY' character – aka a soft hyphen – to fool IT security applications into allowing email applications to allow click-throughs to suspect web pages.

Spammers tap soft hyphens to beat email intercept security
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/spammers-tap-soft-hyphens-to-beat-email-intercept-13138/
It seems that spammers are starting to use the so-called 'SHY' character – aka a soft hyphen – to fool IT security applications into allowing email applications to allow click-throughs to suspect web pages.
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:55:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/spammers-tap-soft-hyphens-to-beat-email-intercept-13138/

Source: InfosecMagazine
Source Link: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/spammers-tap-soft-hyphens-to-beat-email-intercept-13138/


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