Aussies have been urged to remain vigilant for a crafty scam that uses fake Australia Post QR codes to target unsuspecting sellers on Facebook Marketplace. Hackers are using the social media platform ...

Australia Post has flagged a sophisticated trick circulating on Facebook Marketplace, where scammers pose as interested buyers. They claim they will pay for an item once postage is organised and send ...

LOS ANGELES -- QR codes are everywhere and even though they may seem harmless, scammers are now using them to drain your wallet. Vance Ingmanson was in San Clemente, California, when he saw a sign ...

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 ...

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.

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...