QR codes are so familiar and widespread, we tend to trust them without question. That’s exactly what scammers rely on.

Michael Vanderpool, a Defiance College graphic design professor, launched a QR code initiative to streamline trash reporting around Fifth Third Field.

Scammers are using fake traffic violation texts with QR codes to steal personal and financial data, posing as state courts ...

In the latest iteration of this scam, consumers receive a text message warning them they are receiving a "final notice" for a ...

Scammers are sending fake "Notice of Default" traffic violation text messages impersonating state courts across the U.S., ...

The expanded use of QR codes has been a convenience for some and an annoyance for many. Does anyone really want to scan one with their phones to read a restaurant menu? Lately they have become another ...

QR codes have become a convenience of modern life. Just scan the black and white mosaic with your phone’s camera and you can do everything from connect to your hotel room Wi-Fi to pay for that public ...

Getting a random package you didn't order used to be either a shipping mistake or a mildly annoying marketing ploy. Now it might be something worse, the FBI has warned in a public service announcement ...

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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% ...