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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

A person scans a QR code on a statue which pulls up a special webpage with more information. Joshua Bessex [email protected] Everywhere you look nowadays, it’s hard to avoid QR codes, those black ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- StrongestLayer today released a new threat intelligence report, From Nation-States to Amateur Hackers: Why QR Code Phishing Evades Email Security, ...

If you’re one of the 73% of Americans who has scanned a QR code without verification, you’ve opened yourself up to malicious behavior and potentially to getting hacked. As reported by CNBC, millions ...

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 ...

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 ...