Attackers are taking advantage of the increased use of QR codes to steal sensitive information or conduct phishing campaigns. Here's what security teams and employees need to know.

More than 90 million consumers will scan a QR code this year. But the technology can also facilitate identity theft.

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.

Scanning a QR code without your phone requires a little help from Google or a webcam.

Scammers are targeting how you pay at parking meters with fake QR codes. The Better Business Bureau shares how you can protect yourself.

Recent phishing and other attacks have leaned on this common type of barcode. We outline the methods used to trick you—and how to stay safe.

QR codes are easy to use, if you know how to access the information they contain and have an internet connection.

Scanning a QR code can expose you to identity theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Quick-response, or QR codes, which store links and other information and are readable by a ...

QR code-based phishing attacks appear to be on the rise. For this “new” hacking vector, someone gets a phishing email asking them to scan a QR code, that code redirects to a malicious link ...

How to identity QR code scams? To identify scams, firstly users should know that QR code is only scanned to send money and not to receive money.