A provider of cyber security solutions had already found that QR code phishing as a scam increased by 2023 percent in frequency between August and September 587.
Now the hackers are stepping up their game: the attacks now work as conditional routing, which means they automatically adapt to the user's device, browser and screen size. But it is based on the old quishing technique, namely contaminated code. In the recently discovered case, users should check a post overview and read the QR code with the alleged link.
Given the fact that for years most cyber attacks have started with phishing as a vanguard, private users should in the future pay close attention to which QR code they scan, while companies definitely need a security architecture that can also check QR codes and uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for analysis.
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