Scammers now send unexpected packages with QR codes that redirect victims to fraudulent websites or download malicious ...

QR code, short for Quick Response code, is a machine-readable code comprising an array of black-and-white squares. It essentially works like barcodes. However, they are not the same as barcodes due to ...

Designed as a high-tech marketing resource, QR (quick response) codes have many useful applications. These (usually) black-and-white algorithmic codes are gateways to a potential multimedia nirvana.

How a new scam is costing consumers £10,000 per day - A new type of scam cost consumers more than £3.5m last year - make sure ...

Speed is essential to a well-managed recall. The faster consumers are alerted and understand what to do, the faster contaminated products can be ...

Security researchers at Barracuda Networks have discovered two novel QR code phishing (quishing) techniques involving splitting malicious QR codes into two parts or embedding them into legitimate ones ...

Everywhere you look at the South by Southwest conference this week, you see QR codes. The square “quick response” codes turn URLs, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan ...

Pepsi, Jeep, Snapchat, Pinterest, Facebook Messenger, Spotify. The list of brands and platforms recently making a commitment to QR codes is impressive, especially considering that not too long ago ...

Carlos Netto is Co-founder and CEO of Matera, a software company he founded over 30 years ago in Brazil. QR codes are all around us—in stores, at the gym, in restaurants and even on TV. These URL QR ...

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Now that Google is using the two-dimensional bar codes as part of its local businesses listings program, it's all the more reason for an app to help read them. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a ...