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ASCII smuggling crosses over from AI prompt injection to phishing evasion

Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Published September 3, 2026Original Report

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In this article What is ASCII smuggling? Writing a practical ASCII-smuggling signature What we observed: ASCII smuggling repurposed for phishing What is known and what is new Is there a detection gap? Mitigation and protection guidance References Learn More Microsoft researchers observed a high-volume phishing campaign using invisible Unicode tag characters , a technique popularized in AI prompt injection research as ASCII Smuggling . Instead of using these characters to hide…

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SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYunknownINFRASTRUCTUREfundingexpresscapital…digitalrushcapital.comyourlocfunding.comCAPABILITYunknownVICTIMunknown
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22 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
Domainfundingexpresscapital.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaindigitalrushcapital.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainyourlocfunding.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainunitedfundingwave.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaincatalystboostfunding.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainemsd4.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainharboradvancefunding.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainonlinedirectfinance.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainrocketboostfunding.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaindirectcapitalpulse.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainguardiangrowthfunding.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainadvancefundingboost.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainguardianloccapital.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainthebusinessloanexpress.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainguardiancapitalway.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainguardianlocchoice.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainourbusinessloans.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domainelevatecapitalrush.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaindigitalcapitalboost.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaindirectcapitalboost.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domaincatalystcapitalharbor.comHighScore 58/100First seen
Domains9.acems10.comHighScore 58/100First seen

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