Fake QR codes help cybercriminals leverage stolen information to drain bank accounts. Other QR code scams trigger repeated charges to credit cards.

While QR codes are not malicious in nature, it is important to practice caution when entering financial information as well as providing payment through a site navigated to through a QR code.

Fake QR codes help cybercriminals leverage stolen information to drain bank accounts. Other QR code scams trigger repeated charges to credit cards.

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel ...

Over three million people have been taken to an untrustworthy website after scanning a QR code, and one in six (16%) have had personal data stolen Nearly a quarter (22%) have scanned QR codes on ...

It is mandatory for businesses to have QR code check-ins and “take reasonable steps” to ensure people who visit check-in and provide the correct information. QR code check-ins are also still ...

In 2012, hotels rolled out QR codes to delight guests with freebies, sell them something - or, in one case, shock them.

Millions of Australians visiting cafes, restaurants and pubs are unwittingly entering their COVID check-in details into platforms owned by marketing companies. Now privacy and cybersecurity ...

Ahead of the Nintendo Switch Preview Tour, which will be taking place in North America from January until March, 2017, My Nintendo has implemented a Check In feature that assigns everyone a QR code.