Thanks to the pandemic, QR codes have popped up on ad posters, restaurant tables, and billboards around the world, inviting people to scan them in order to view menus and marketing information without ...

These items include a QR code. It asks the victim to scan it to find out who sent the package. Once the code is scanned, scammers can get personal information off the victim’s phone, according to the ...

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 ...

If you get a package addressed to you with a QR code asking you to find out who sent it or with instructions on how to return it, stop before you scan! This could be a new twist on a brushing scam ...

(WHTM) — Midstate police are warning citizens of “brushing scams,” in which scammers can gain unwanted access to a victim’s phone by scanning a QR code on unidentified packages. According to the ...

Authorities are warning the public about a dangerous new scam that allows hackers to access victims' smartphones within ...

A Walmart shopper who says a stranger asked her to scan a QR code at a store is warning people of what she believes to be a new scam—illustrating it’s perhaps prudent to avoid both strangers and ...

VICTIM. >> GO CHECK THE MAIL LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. AND I GOT A PACKAGE THAT I THOUGHT WAS FROM AMAZON. IT SAID AMAZON FULFILLMENT. AND SO I OPENED IT UP THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING I MAYBE ORDERED. >> AND ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

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.

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER, and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. From fun trivia quizzes to large QR codes on retail displays that ...

According to the department, victims will receive items in the mail that they didn’t order. These items include a QR code. It asks the victim to scan it to find out who sent the package. Once the code ...