QR codes offer unparalleled convenience, allowing quick access to websites, payments, and apps. However, as their popularity grows, so do the risks associated with them. Cybercriminals exploit these ...

From the upcoming generation of “iPad kids” glued to their screens to the ubiquitous but unpopular QR code menu (paywall), critics claim that a proliferation of technology is depriving people of human ...

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 ...

If there's a shortage of anything, it's understanding of how QR codes work.

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 ...

A Quick Response code, or QR code, is an easy way to access information on your mobile device. However, a scam that uses the codes at parking meters is making people become more vigilant before they ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...