Your phone buzzes. A text message pops up saying you have an outstanding traffic violation, and if you scan the attached QR code immediately, you can pay a $6.99 balance and avoid a court appearance.

The tactic was uncovered by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, which said attackers are constructing QR codes using text symbols ...

QR codes embedded in emails have long been a tool for phishing and scams, and back in the second half of 2025 there was a fivefold surge in QR phishing attacks detected by Kaspersky.Now Kaspersky ...

These days, it's easy for anyone to take out their phones and scan a QR Code to see a food menu or to pay a bill. But QR Codes can also make it easy for scammers to access your personal information.

In a long-awaited summary judgment ruling, a federal court kept most of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard final rule intact while sending the requirements for the electronic/digital ...

QR code phishing is becoming hard to ignore as attacks grow rapidly. In the first quarter of 2026 alone, "quishing" ...

Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you're communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, ...