QR codes seem to be everywhere—from restaurant menus to parking meters to vending machines to payment systems. With threat ...

The practice initially consisted of slapping malicious QR codes onto U.S.-bound products to make suspicious sellers of counterfeit or subpar products look like reputable merchants. As COVID-19 ...

Quick Response (QR) codes are those black and white patterned squares you scan with a smartphone, which then direct you to a ...

But could you tell a fake QR code from a legitimate one? Many of us are familiar enough with phishing scams -- where thieves impersonate a trusted sender to deliver a malicious web address -- to ...

Malicious apps are one of the easiest ways to gain access to the sensitive personal and financial information stored on your ...

QR code verification is more secure than SMS authentication as there is no message containing an access code. No code means ...

Traditional security solutions are no longer sufficient, and organizations must rethink their strategies and invest in ...

In the past, we’ve seen malicious QR codes used in cyberattacks but this implementation of them will work more like how they’re used with passkeys. In Google’s eyes, this change will help ...

Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal ...

Google is aiming to dump SMS as a two-factor authentication method for Gmail and switch to a more secure approach using QR codes.