With the huge popularity of smartphones, two-dimensional barcodes called QR codes are beloved by marketers and are being targeted by hackers and spammers. A user simply scans the QR code with a ...

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 ...

QR codes are everywhere these days, from being printed onto receipts to chiseled into granite tombstones. [Will] came up with a way to modify existing QR codes, and his hack has the potential to ...

QR codes are more popular than ever with businesses, as they offer a convenient and touchless way to share information. But bad actors can replace QR codes in public with their own, granting them ...

Airport lounges are too easy to access with this QR code hack.

Cybercriminals are increasingly using QR codes in a scheme known as “quishing” to trick people into revealing sensitive information.

Beware of QR codes: Those ubiquitous patterns of cyber dots could be sending you to a world of trouble.

According to security firm, their hack could compromise the Google Glass device if the user simply looks at a photo that features a malicious QR code.

But, QR codes can give back some of that mystery. All that QR codes are is links. Visual hyperlinks that take you, via your mobile device, to something.

We’re no stranger to QR codes here at Hack a Day, and it’s very possible the only thing that could be stopping [mikey]’s QR code from being read by a phone is the contrast of the image.