Microsoft warns tax-season phishing hit 29,000 users via IRS lures, enabling credential theft and RMM-based access.

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A file QR code is one of the many advancements in quick-response technology that change the way we share information with others. It’s essentially a two-dimensional barcode that automatically opens ...

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For those of us who weren't paying attention, over the last few years, scientists around the world have been one-upping each other in a bid to create the smallest QR code that can be reliably read.

Researchers at TU Wien and Cerabyte created the world’s smallest QR code, measuring just 1.98 square micrometers. The record has been officially verified by Guinness World Records, making it 37% ...

A research team at TU Wien and Cerabyte just shrunk the QR code to an impossible scale. Their creation measures only 1.98 square micrometers. This makes the code smaller than most bacteria. It is so ...

The North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuki is using malicious QR codes in spearphishing campaigns that target U.S. organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns in a flash alert.

Software built into the cameras on iPhones and Android phones makes quick work of decoding QR codes. How do you do that on a laptop or desktop computer? I have a friend who calls me occasionally to ...

QR codes. They look sleek. They’re everywhere. But in education, they’re often misused. Sure, these are convenient if the audience you’re targeting primarily accesses information on their phones. But ...