Encrypted QR Codes are here. Should workplaces be using them? Companies go to great lengths to protect sensitive personal and financial information. But as cybercriminals become increasingly ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - It’s something we use at restaurants, art galleries and many other places: QR codes. They’re as easy as scanning from our camera or an app and then clicking the link to what we ...

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 ...

Quick Response codes can be very convenient for traveling to websites, downloading apps, and viewing menus at restaurants, which is why they’ve become a vehicle for bad actors to steal credentials, ...

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 ...

The Hoxhunt Challenge has unveiled alarming trends in employee susceptibility to phishing attacks, emphasizing the critical role of engagement in reducing human risk. The study, published today and ...

Cybersecurity experts are warning about scammers using QR codes to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. Short for "quick response" code, the small barcodes are ubiquitous, getting scanned using a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The simple answer, and the one most often provided in online ...

Most people with a cellphone or computer know by now to be aware of clicking random links without knowing where they go. They know to look for the one letter in the URL that’s different, like an ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...

Attackers have poisoned a code package on the npm registry in a novel way, hiding credential-stealing malware in steganographic QR codes embedded in a package purporting to offer a JavaScript utility.