Android and iOS both have built-in tools to easily open QR codes from screenshots.

A attack using QR codes is known as "quishing," a combination of QR code and phishing. The danger isn't the QR code itself; it's where it quietly sends you.

QR codes transformed the finance sector through the convenience and easy access they provide. Merchants and consumers can easily transact and pay with just one smartphone scan. The upgraded payment ...

Scanning QR codes with smartphones is easy. However, sometimes you don’t want to use your smartphone and wish to scan the QR code natively on your computer. The good news is it’s possible to scan QR ...

In 2026, QR codes go beyond payments. Use them for instant home tech help guides, storing medical and emergency info, adding personal stories to gifts, launching room-wise music playlists, or sharing ...

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. Attackers ...

Scan QR codes faster with these tips. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can scan a QR code directly from your iPhone — you don’t need to download a third ...

QR code phishing bypasses MFA, leading to data theft. How quishing attacks work, and what you can do to stay safe.  Ever had ...

Sharat Potharaju is cofounder and CEO of Uniqode, whose vision is to enable digital connection with every physical object and place. Third-party cookies are crumbling, customer acquisition costs are ...

A new report out today from cybersecurity company INKY Technology Corp. is sounding the alarm over a new wave of phishing threats that use QR codes in increasingly dangerous and deceptive ways, ...

Shoppers staring at product labels frequently ask themselves, "Is this product actually sustainable?" While 68% of respondents from my company's 2024 consumer survey said that sustainability is ...

Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...