That would be a big mistake. These codes can easily take you to any URL with a quick tap, and that's a dangerous access point for all types of cybercrime. It could lead to an automatic download of ...

Scammers now send unexpected packages with QR codes that redirect victims to fraudulent websites or download malicious ...

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Figures from Action Fraud show that 784 reports of quishing were made to the fraud reporting service between April 2024 and ...

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 ...

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What is a QR Code? A quick-response code (QR code) is a type of barcode that contains data for a locator, an identifier, and web tracking. QR codes have been around for a long time. They were first ...

QR codes have been around a long time, since 1994 to be specific. While the QR code originated almost 30 years ago, the concept was slow to catch on with the general public. According to an article by ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. From fun trivia quizzes to large QR codes on retail displays that ...

BATAVIA, N.Y. -- Scratch-offs tickets are big business in New York. According to the gaming commission last month New Yorkers spent about $360 million on instant win games, but for some those games ...