Tanya Candia is an international management expert, specializing for more than 25 years in information security strategy and communication for public- and private-sector organizations. The use of QR ...

Quick Response (QR) codes, those black and white squares whose popularity surged with the rise of contactless interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic, from restaurant menus to parking meters, have ...

Encrypted QR Codes are here. Should workplaces be using them? Companies go to great lengths to protect sensitive personal and financial information. But as cybercriminals become increasingly ...

IN 12 INVESTIGATES A TROUBLING CYBERSECURITY TREND. THE FBI IS CALLING MALICIOUS AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW YOU’VE BEEN ATTACKED FORT HATCHET DETAILS HOW SIMPLY ORDERING FOOD FROM A RESTAURANT COULD ...

Contact-free and convenient, quick response (QR) codes came into their own as the pandemic progressed – for everything from marketing to checking into locations and even submitting COVID-19 test ...

Back in 2013, David Geer laid out the dangers of QR codes for security, explaining how a malicious QR — Quick Response — code can contain a link to a website embedded with malware. The Web link then ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device.

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 ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 17, 2024-- CybeReady today announced the integration of QR Code Phishing Simulations into its award-winning Phishing Simulations and Training solution. The addition comes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The simple answer, and the one most often provided in online ...

Researchers have observed an attacker using a technique they hadn't previously seen to attempt to sneak phishing emails past enterprise security filters. Abnormal Security, which reported the campaign ...

As we go about our daily lives, whether that be shopping with the family, enjoying dinner at a restaurant, finding our gate at the airport, or even watching TV, we find ourselves more and more often ...