Emojis have become quite popular over the last few years as a means to quickly express ideas and emotions. However, hackers have now devised a clever new way to use them in their attacks.
As reported by Cybernews, a group of hackers have figured out how to modify the popular messaging service Discord to use it for command and control (C2). Hackers using Discord in their attacks is nothing new but a report from the cybersecurity firm Volexity highlights how this group is using the service alongside a number of common emojis.
