Firefighters have told inspectors they are "scared" to use a QR code system put in place to report bullying and harassment, in case it identifies them. In a letter to government inspectors, Avon Fire ...

A new report released today by phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. warns that an increasing number of cybercriminals are exploiting the widespread use of QR codes to launch sophisticated ...

A new QR code scam known as quishing is on the rise. Cybersecurity experts at Check Point said there has been a 587% increase in quishing or phishing with QR codes. Hackers use those codes to lure ...

QR codes that were once seen as a convenient shortcut for checking menus or paying bills have increasingly been turned into weapons. Fake delivery texts, counterfeit payment links and malicious codes ...

New phishing campaigns attempt to evade detection by constructing rogue QR codes with special ASCII characters and load phishing pages locally using the local blob URL feature in browsers. Attackers ...

Email attacks relying on QR codes surged in the last quarter, with attackers specifically targeting corporate executives and managers, reinforcing recommendations that companies place additional ...

QR codes emerged as a popular tool during the COVID-19 pandemic in restaurants, to pay for items and exchange funds, and even to board a flight. Our smartphones are equipped with technology to scan ...

The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing safe, easy-to-use faster payments in the United States, today released a new report, Overcoming Instant Payment ...

Nitin Gupta, founder of QRCodeChimp. He's a technology leader with over two decades of technology development and management experience. Whether buying ice cream from a food truck or luxury items from ...

Juniper Research says that it defines a QR code payment as a form of contactless payment that allows a transfer to be performed by simply scanning a code. The research report from Juniper Research ...

Sharat Potharaju is cofounder and CEO of Uniqode, whose vision is to enable digital connection with every physical object and place. Third-party cookies are crumbling, customer acquisition costs are ...