Dynamic QR codes, when applied thoughtfully, offer a direct path to clearer communication and more confident customer ...

Scanning a restaurant menu QR code feels quick and harmless, but in 2025, fake QR scams are silently stealing personal and financial details, warns a report by the New York Post. Here’s what can go ...

Scammers have used QR codes to steal personal information by imitating legitimate companies or sending deceptive emails and text messages, the Federal Trade Commission said. By Amanda Holpuch QR codes ...

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In the early 1990s, Masahiko Hara, an engineer at Denso Wave Inc., a global auto parts manufacturer that falls under the Toyota umbrella, came up with a new type of bar code that could hold ...

Nowadays, you can find QR (quick-response) codes on everything. These odd-looking, black-and-white, pixelated designs were originally used by the automotive industry, but today they are most often ...

Example of a PDF attachment with a QR code. Malicious QR codes commonly appear in mass phishing campaigns as well as targeted ...

A BC Business 30 Under 30 winner, Alex is co-founder and CEO at Periphery Digital, a rapidly-growing Vancouver Chinese marketing agency. From reading restaurant menus to shopping a new look in a ...

The fraudulent QR codes directed users to a fake website that collected payment, rather than to the real PayByPhone module.

Earlier this month, the City of Vancouver issued an alert warning about fraudulent QR code stickers stuck on some parking ...

According to a municipal release, the RMOW discovered fraudulent QR codes on parking terminals throughout various municipal ...