The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning about a growing cyber threat that turns everyday QR codes into spying tools. According to the bureau, a North Korean government-sponsored ...

QR codes that were once seen as a convenient shortcut for checking menus or paying bills have increasingly been turned into weapons. Fake delivery texts, counterfeit payment links and malicious codes ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to the general public against the rise of a QR code scam. In its warning, the FBI says that cyber criminals are sending “unsolicited ...

The FBI is warning that a state-sponsored North Korean hacking group has been using malicious QR codes to help them spy on select users. A group known as Kimsuky has been sending the malicious QR ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has directly warned that the hacking group "Kimsuky" (Kimsuky), linked to North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, is using a new hacking method ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The FBI is warning people of a new scam involving fake packages with QR codes designed to steal data. If people scan the code on a package they were not ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FBI is alerting the public to a new scam that arrives right at their doorstep. Criminals are sending unsolicited packages containing QR codes to people across the country, often ...

These boxy little codes have exploded in popularity in recent years, both as marketing tools and as savvy ways to avoid physical contact in public environments. But the FBI is warning people to look ...

The FBI suggests the North Koreans are using the QR codes to bypass anti-phishing safeguards that involve checking for malicious internet URLs in emails. Kimsuky has been around for over a decade, and ...