JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A crime trend making its way across the country and could be coming to a parking meter near you. Fake QR (quick response) codes are making it possible for crooks to steal your ...

That would be a big mistake. These codes can easily take you to any URL with a quick tap, and that's a dangerous access point ...

QR codes are seemingly everywhere now. Sure QR, or quick response, codes for smartphones have been around for at least a decade, but unlike other areas of the world like China, they never quite caught ...

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

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Rauer said the BBB has seen an increase in so-called “quishing” scams, which involve using QR codes. “It will lead to you to a phishing website which will extract your personal information, your ...

According to NordVPN, 73% of Americans report scanning QR codes without verifying their source, with 26 million having ...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...

QR codes are used in so many areas of our lives, from tracking parcels, getting into gigs, paying for parking or hopping onto Wi-Fi. But where did they come from? Reporting for Tech Now, the BBC's ...

The ad generated so much traffic that it crashed Coinbase’s app, which, as I wrote previously, is a bad thing when you’re trying to convince people they should trust you with their financial assets.

That visual, machine-interface technology we all know from the grocery store is experiencing a renaissance. The first item to be marked with a Universal Product Code or barcode tracks back more than ...