A person scans a QR code on a statue which pulls up a special webpage with more information. Joshua Bessex [email protected] Everywhere you look nowadays, it’s hard to avoid QR codes, those black ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

QR codes are a part of everyday life. They appear everywhere and on everything. The BBB warns that scammers use QR codes to ...

You see QR codes just about everywhere these days. The square barcodes show up everywhere: real estate listings, TV ads and social media posts touting what look like great deals on must-have items.

The sign on the post at the pizza joint in Detroit had just one word on it, "Dog," and a QR code. My first reaction − and unfortunately this is how it goes when you write a little too much about fraud ...

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 ...

Scammers have used QR codes to steal personal information by imitating legitimate companies or sending deceptive emails and text messages, the Federal Trade Commission said. By Amanda Holpuch QR codes ...

Security researchers at Barracuda Networks have discovered two novel QR code phishing (quishing) techniques involving splitting malicious QR codes into two parts or embedding them into legitimate ones ...

I don’t scan QR codes, and neither should you, especially if you care about cybersecurity. A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode that is readable by a smartphone with a camera or a mobile device with ...

QR codes can be used to pull up a menu in a restaurant, get more information at museums, pay for parking, etc. Those black and white QR codes are everywhere. And even though QR codes were invented in ...