Watch out for quishing, or phishing through dodgy QR codes, the latest scam catching people unawares - costing some thousands of dollars. The good news is, you can try and avoid the trap. Quishing ...

The latest QR-enabled heist involves parking payments, and has been spotted in major cities from Los Angeles to Denver. With ...

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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a new scam that starts right at your front door. According to a recent alert from the FTC, the scam begins with fraudsters sending a mysterious ...

So I have been playing around with Electrum on my Pinephone. Now, I'm not even really sure whether the Pinephone's camera has enough resolution to scan the kinds of qr codes usually used for Lightning ...

Windows 11 now allows you to display the connected Wi-Fi password with a QR code, which other devices can scan to connect to the same Wi-Fi network. With the Windows 11 24H2 update, Microsoft also ...

Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...

QR codes have been slow to take off in the U.S., but two fintechs are hoping that connecting them to instant payment schemes such as FedNow will provide a boost. QR codes are popular in Brazil thanks ...

Have you ever found yourself having to constantly write out or say your Wi-Fi login and password to family and friends that visit or stay over? I know I have. A simple solution to that problem is to ...

The FBI is warning people of a new scam involving fake packages with QR codes designed to steal data. If people scan the code on a package they were not expecting, it prompts them to provide personal ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.