VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. – The Ventura County District Attorney's Office received information from the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators about an increase in QR code fraud. QR ...

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 ...

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Law enforcement says scammers are creating fake QR codes and putting them over the real ones on parking meters, signs and parking pay stations. The fake codes take you to a site that can steal your ...

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.

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Beware what you scan. Criminals may be watching. Cybercriminals could use altered Quick Response (QR) codes to steal personal and financial information of unsuspecting customers, the FBI warns. QR ...

Consumer technologies often improve our lives, but they can give cyber-criminals new ways to threaten our privacy and steal our identities. As QR codes continue to grow in popularity, cyber-criminals ...

(CBS DETROIT) — Authorities in St. Clair County are warning residents of a scam involving a fake Amazon package and a QR code that installs malware. The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office says a ...

Created in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary 'Denso Wave' to quickly track vehicles and parts through the company's automotive manufacturing process, QR codes are used more commonly today for logging into ...

While they may not be the all-in-one solution some had envisioned, QR codes are still very popular. It’s easy to understand why, too — just point your camera or scanner at a QR code, and you’re ...