QR codes have become part of our everyday life, which is what makes them the perfect target for scammers. Quishing is ...

Not all QR codes are safe. Some point to fake websites designed to steal your personal information. Avoid scanning random QR ...

For instance, you can scan the QR code on the right to visit the mobiputing home page. Update: Google has launched a web-based version of the Android Market/Google Play Store.

Although you can find these types of codes on screens (for example, to enter WhatsApp Web, you will see a QR code on your computer screen that you will have to scan with your mobile), you will also ...

The FBI says scammers are now using QR codes on these packages to take the fraud even further by trying to steal money or data from unsuspecting victims.

The scam begins with an email seemingly originating from, for example, UB's HR department, asserting that HR/Payroll has shared a file with you and includes a QR code for accessing the supposed ...

For this “new” hacking vector, someone gets a phishing email asking them to scan a QR code, that code redirects to a malicious link (usually to steal credentials) and an account takeover occurs.

And Scan continues to generate about 500K QR codes a month. On the consumer side of things, there is about a 33-35 percent retention rate on downloaders grabbing the app and becoming actual users.

Here are a few examples of how QR Codes are being used in innovative ways: • Trail Markers -- Scanning a QR Code trail marker provides information about the area plant and animal life.

For any sort of information, I was required to scan a QR code. Included in the show, for example, is an absolutely exquisite drawing that shows a mysterious series of bundles, as well as a ...