The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning
The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning
The convenience of QR codes is a double-edged sword. Follow these tips to stay safe.
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An unreadable box us a lot harder the read than scamMyAss.ru
QR is just image to text, most QR reading apps I have used, show you the QR content before going to the website (or let you disable opening the link directly) so you should be able to check the URL or content and see if the link is legit or not.
But let's be honest most people don't know or don't even bother and that's the real problem.
It's also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://LegitimateBusiness.com@ScamMyAss.com
(Hoping that didn't get blocked as spam)
On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com
Or just legitbusiness-online-order[.]com
Thankfully a lot of browsers already detect and block this behavior
But let’s be honest most people don’t know or don’t even bother and that’s the real problem.
100% they see the code and assume it can't be mean.
I clicked your link and provided my banking details. When do I get my PS5?
Right away, but it shipped to my house.