Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
As we have warned before, threat actors using QR codes in attacks against victims continue to rise. To illustrate the risk, on January 8, 2026, the FBI issued a FLASH alert, entitled “North Korean Kimsuky Actors Leverage Malicious QR Codes in Spearphishing Campaigns Targeting U.S. Entities.”
The alert warns that North Korean state-sponsored actors (Kimsuky)…
In a recent blog post, KnowBe4 reported that it has “uncovered an emerging advanced phishing campaign targeting Microsoft 365 users globally to steal their credentials. The attackers are wielding a powerful new tool that’s completely changing the game for cybercriminals—turning what used to be complex, technical phishing setups into simple one-click launches that can bypass…
We have previously alerted you to vishing and smishing schemes [view related post]. A new scheme, using QR codes, is called QRishing or quishing. According to security company Abnormal, between September 15 and October 13, 2021, it identified a new way for hackers to try to get around security measures put in place to…
