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NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Who doesn't love a present arriving at their door? We all do. But recently, some of those surprise gifts are part of a new scam that involves QR codes. "Brushing" is when a ...
What if a simple scan of a QR code could compromise your most sensitive information? Imagine sitting at a café, scanning a code to access the menu, only to unknowingly hand over your login credentials ...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the FBI is cracking down on QR code scams. Criminals are placing stickers with codes they create over the top of a real QR code. Once the fake QR code is ...
LANSING, Mich. — Be cautious before hovering your phone camera over a QR code, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warned Wednesday. Although the codes themselves are not harmful, Nessel said they ...
Because mobile devices are generally security weak points for organizations, QR codes that are designed to ease processes such as image file transfers may leave protected health data vulnerable.
A police constable in Pune has become the latest victim of an online scam, losing Rs 2.3 lakh. It all happened when the constable, a resident of Saswad, was making a payment for goods at a bakery in ...