Thanks to the pandemic, QR codes have popped up on ad posters, restaurant tables, and billboards around the world, inviting people to scan them in order to view menus and marketing information without ...

The FBI has warned about North Korean hackers Kimsuky leveraging QR codes in phishing attacks targeting U.S. and foreign government entities, academia, think tanks, and others.

You’ve almost certainly used QR codes before—it’s when you point your phone’s camera at a square barcode to access a menu, a form, or even an app, and then tap on the link that appears. But while most ...

The North Korean hacking group Kimsuky is using QR code phishing to target Americans with fake questionnaires and malicious ...

If you’re one of the 73% of Americans who has scanned a QR code without verification, you’ve opened yourself up to malicious behavior and potentially to getting hacked. As reported by CNBC, millions ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — From restaurant menus to parking meters, and even on your screen while watching 10 Tampa Bay newscasts, QR codes are everywhere. The simple, square barcodes known as Quick ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...

Someone affixed fraudulent QR codes to parking meters in popular areas of Redondo Beach in an attempt to scam residents and visitors, authorities warned. The QR codes — which direct people to a ...

The US Federal Trade Commission has become the latest organization to warn against the growing use of QR codes in scams that attempt to take control of smartphones, make fraudulent charges, or obtain ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...

A new generation of QR code phishing (quishing) attacks have been uncovered by threat analyists at Barracuda. Research by the email protection firm highlighted new techniques that have been designed ...

Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. The use of QR ...