Invisible Character Attacks: The Threat You Can't See

A recent supply chain attack reported by Ars Technica highlights a new and highly deceptive way to hide malicious code in plain sight. Known as an Invisible Character Attack, this method takes advantage of the gap between how humans read code and how systems process it. Attackers insert special Unicode characters that are invisible to the human eye, making malicious content look like empty text or harmless comments while still functioning during execution.