The Invisible Code Problem: When You Can’t See the Attack, Can You Stop It?
About this episode
The episode discusses invisible Unicode attacks and their implications for software security.
In this episode, we dive into the strange world of invisible Unicode attacks and what they could mean for modern software security. We explore how hidden characters can be used to conceal malicious code within packages, why this isn’t entirely a new problem, and whether current tools, such as linters and SAST, are equipped to detect it. We also question the role of LLMs in both enabling and detecting these attacks, and whether this is a real emerging threat or just another overhyped security ...
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