The sign on the post at the pizza joint in Detroit had just one word on it, "Dog," and a QR code. My first reaction − and unfortunately this is how it goes when you write a little too much about fraud ...

In some parts of the world, the authorities have encouraged the public to check-in to events and shops they visit by scanning a QR code into a COVID-19 app. It doesn’t grant you the right to enter a ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.

The perp faces jail time, but the incident highlights the growing cyber-abuse of QR codes. Quick-response (QR) codes used by a COVID-19 contact-tracing program were hijacked by a man who simply ...

Nearly three quarters (72%) of Brits do not check QR codes before scanning, with only one in six (16%) aware of potential QR scams, according to new research by NordVPN Over three million people have ...

Patrons use the Covid safe QR codes before entering WOMADelaide 2021 on March 05, 2021 in Adelaide, Australia. Photo: Kelly Barnes (Getty Images) A man in the Australian state of South Australia was ...

The QR code entry system at NTUC FairPrice supermarkets in Singapore does not prevent unvaccinated shoppers from entering stores. It is a government initiative, known as SafeEntry, and has been in ...