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 ...

A recent kind of package scam encourages you to download your own malware via QR code. Here's what to watch out for.

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Microsoft warns about rising QR code phishing scams that use fake emails and login pages to steal passwords, banking details ...

Microsoft has reported a sharp rise in phishing attacks using QR codes and CAPTCHA pages to bypass security tools, alongside a new 'ClickFix' scam that tricks users into installing malware via fake ...

Anyone who pays for parking at a public car park, especially through their phone, is being issued a warning. According to ...

Two-dimensional barcodes called Quick Response codes, or QR codes for short, are used to store data that devices can read. While QR codes are popularly scanned via smartphones, what if you want to ...