There has been a recent surge in "quishing" attacks, which are a form of phishing that uses QR codes instead of traditional methods like emails, text messages, and phone calls.

QR codes are not the main source of breaches, said Armando D’Accordo, president of CMIT Solutions of South Nassau, a Merrick-based information technology and security services provider.

Despite that, the scam is still on the FBI and local police departments’ radars. In just the last 4 months of 2023, cyber security company Trellix saw more than 60,000 samples of QR code attacks.

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Android phone users can now share files through Quick Share with the help of a QR code, which will make receiving files by the recipients hassle-free and also make it more secure. This feature ...

Scan this code.’ If I see that, I’m not going to use that QR code. I have no idea who put that sign there,” he told TechNewsWorld.

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A phone camera or other scanning device can read the information in a QR code, with the help of the three finder patterns at the corners: They tell the scanner where the QR code is, how big it is ...

The QR, Barcode Scanner for iPhone lets you use your iPhone camera to automatically scan and recognize many types of QR code or barcode data, supports all major code formats, and includes a 2FA ...