A Bergen County police department is warning the public to be on alert for a nationwide package scam targeting residents' ...
Unsolicited packages, often containing cheap, low-value items, could be a sign of a scam known as 'brushing' and potential identity theft.
Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.
The scam begins as a typical brushing scam, but fraudsters use Amazon branding to deceive recipients. You don’t remember ...
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A new email scam campaign is using QR codes to get your sensitive information. It's called "quishing" or QR phishing, and security experts say it's when fraudsters launch email ...
Cybersecurity experts are warning about scammers using QR codes to take advantage of unsuspecting victims. Short for "quick response" code, the small barcodes are ubiquitous, getting scanned using a ...
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 ...
QR codes are popping up everywhere, and now they're being used by scammers in a new scheme. The FBI issued an alert about scammers sending packages with malicious QR codes. These codes often appear on ...
Scammers are using fake QR codes in attempts to steal money from drivers using parking spaces in Leeds, the city council warned. The thieves have pasted over a number of legitimate signs in the city ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — QR codes are everywhere these days – on restaurant menus, parking meters, and even holiday shopping deals, but cybersecurity experts warn that scammers are taking advantage ...
Cybersecurity expert Dmitry Smilyanets shared one of these fake letters in an X post. In that case, scammers impersonated Trezor and told users to complete an authentication check by February 15, 2026 ...
A SINGLE mother in her 40s, who works as an insurance salesperson in Sibu, suffered losses of nearly RM9,000 in an online ...