Learn how to scan QR codes on Android with ease using your camera app. Simple steps to get you started quickly.

Scammers are using QR codes to steal people’s information. While they’ve commonly replaced real QR codes with links to fraudulent websites—some unsuspecting are receiving these scams right at their ...

The FTC says scammers are using impersonators to trick people into giving them money in transactions involving QR codes and cryptocurrency ATMs. Scammers have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency in ...

QR codes that were once seen as a convenient shortcut for checking menus or paying bills have increasingly been turned into weapons. Fake delivery texts, counterfeit payment links and malicious codes ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device, ...

Consumer technologies often improve our lives, but they can give cyber-criminals new ways to threaten our privacy and steal our identities. As QR codes continue to grow in popularity, cyber-criminals ...

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Are QR codes all hype, or are they a valuable mobile marketing tool? I recently read the contributed post by Joe Gillespie about why quick response (QR) codes are a waste of time. In some instances he ...

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Created in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary 'Denso Wave' to quickly track vehicles and parts through the company's automotive manufacturing process, QR codes are used more commonly today for logging into ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...