But while most QR codes are often innocuous (especially compared to their early wild days), their low-tech and humble vibe make them perfect tools for bad actors. A recent example surfaced in the ...

Scanning a QR code is quick and easy, but scammers often use them to disguise malicious URLs. Fortunately, this amazing app ...

QR codes seem pretty innocuous until you scan a bad one and get something nasty on your system. If you want to keep your ...

QR code scams are nothing new ... the scammers perceive this as a profitable pay-off. This is why it's bad. While it may appear to be a victimless crime — you did after all get some free ...

Ancient civilizations had hieroglyphics, we have QR codes: the patterned graphic boxes prompting you to access restaurant menus, pay for parking, find out information about a package and more.

"That QR code can be inside the package in a letter ... When contacted about the issue, an Amazon spokesperson said that if they find "bad actors" violating policies, they will suspend selling ...

But with the popularity of QR codes, which when scanned are a shortcut to a website, and are used for tasks ranging from reading a restaurant menu to paying for parking, there are also bad actors.

QR codes have been with us for a long time now, and after passing through their Gardenesque hype cycle of inappropriate usage, have now settled down to be an important and ubiquitous part of life.

If bad actors aren't already looking at replicating this campaign outside of Switzerland yet, this warning should serve as an important notice to be on the look out for QR code scams being sent to ...

"QR-ing" may be on a similar trajectory. Once an underdog of the tech world, QR codes are now a core tool for businesses across industries—not just in marketing but in operations, logistics ...

“It is scarily easy to manipulate and falsify QR codes in business emails in a myriad of ways,” Callan said. “It is worryingly easy for bad actors to falsify links and addresses. “A bad QR ...