According to Kaspersky data, detections of malicious QR codes jumped from 46,969 in August 2025 to 249,723 in November 2025—a more than fivefold increase in just three months.

Georgia legislators and the state’s elections chief lacked a plan Wednesday to stop using computer QR codes for counting ballots before a July 1 deadline. Secretary of State ...

The North Korean hacking group Kimsuky is using QR code phishing to target Americans with fake questionnaires and malicious ...

North Korean hackers target macOS developers with malware hidden in Visual Studio Code task configuration files.

Uniqode reports that QR Code trust hinges on consistency; reliability shapes user confidence more than security messaging.

Uniqode reports QR Codes are key for collecting first-party data, offering consent, context, and engagement insights over ...

Joe Meade has raised £943 so far on his Just Giving site by erecting a QR code in his front garden in Blackberry Way for ...

Software built into the cameras on iPhones and Android phones makes quick work of decoding QR codes. How do you do that on a laptop or desktop computer? I have a friend who calls me occasionally to ...

Back in July, Google widely introduced a redesign of the Android QR code scanner, but then rolled it back. The updated interface is now starting to reappear. This is the QR code scanner available from ...

THEY SEEM TO BE JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. QR CODES OR QUICK RESPONSE CODES ARE SMALL BARCODES THAT WHEN YOU SCAN THEM WITH YOUR PHONE, TAKE YOU JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. LIKE THIS RANDOM YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ME ...

SALT LAKE CITY — You’ve heard of phishing, which is when scammers send emails or text messages in an attempt to steal personal information, hoping you’ll click a tainted link. Quishing is just that, ...

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 ...