I hate to say, “I told you so,” but I did. I have repeatedly warned against scanning QR codes. Following the pandemic and scanning QR codes at restaurants, people have become very comfortable with scanning QR codes, don’t think twice about it, and don’t fully grasp the risk associated with a malicious QR code. Find

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recently issued a warning alerting consumers that scammers are using malicious QR Codes to reroute unsuspecting customers to malicious sites to try to steal their data.

Also known as QRishing, [view related post] criminals are taking advantage of our familiarity with QR codes after using them at

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee recently announced that they are considering implementing vaccine passport programs in their respective states. Baker stated that he is working with other states to use a QR code system that allows users to scan to verify vaccination status. In Rhode Island, the Department of Health