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Could This New QR Code Technology Stamp Out ‘Quishing’ Scams?

04/30/202504/30/2025 QR Code Press

The Rise of QR Codes and the Cyber Threats That Followed QR codes are everywhere. From restaurant menus to product packaging to event tickets, they’ve quietly become a staple of modern convenience. But with this widespread use comes a darker trend. Cybercriminals have latched onto QR codes as a tool for phishing scams, cleverly labeled as “quishing.” By manipulating these tiny square grids, hackers can lure unsuspecting users into sharing sensitive data on fake websites that look like they belong to trusted institutions. It’s a sneaky tactic and, unfortunately, an…

Unique QR codes reduce fraud in medical condition documents

06/14/201706/12/2017 Jorge Gonzalez

An Indian government institution is adding quick response codes to its certificates to simplify authentication. Fraud related to faked illnesses is a growing problem In India, but unique QR codes added to documentation may soon control this problem. The scannable quick response codes will be added to certificates of medical and fitness conditions. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has become the first government sector institution to pilot a program using unique QR codes to authenticate medical documents. The idea is to make it easy for any recipient…

QR codes could protect national security

03/02/201503/01/2015 Jesse Collins

While quick response codes are best known for their marketing uses, researchers are now seeing new potential for the barcodes. While the most popular use of QR codes is, by far, in packaging and marketing, to ensure that consumers will be able to obtain the very latest information about a product or brand and its promotions, university researchers have recently revealed that they feel that these barcodes could do a lot more than just sell products. A team from the University of Connecticut believes that quick response codes could help…

QR codes to provide “One Swipe” authentication at SecurEnvoy

09/25/201409/22/2014 L. Green

This new method uses unique quick response code generation for verification offline. Mobile security is rapidly becoming a concern, where few had paid much attention to it in the past, and QR codes are starting to rise to become quite commonplace among verification systems. This is the case with a recent authentication technology being used by SecurEnvoy. That firm is the inventor of a tokenless two-factor authentication system that has created a solution in response to the growing need for mobile security options to protect passwords, photos, personal data, and…

QR codes at Verizon may replace login names and passwords

09/02/201408/31/2014 L. Green

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A new authentication option could come in the form of quick response codes that can be scanned. Verizon Enterprise has announced the launch of QR codes as one of two components in a new authentication option within its universal identity mobile security service. What must now be seen is how many companies will actually find quick response codes useful in this form. Among the goals of these QR codes is to help to phase out the use of traditional login names and passwords, which are becoming rapidly and increasingly problematic.…