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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…

Fraud preventing QR codes added to South African Qualification Certificates

05/04/201505/02/2015 Julie Campbell

A private higher education institution in the country has chosen to make its certifications more easily verifiable. The Independent Institution of Education (IIE), a private higher education school in South Africa, has become the first in the country to add QR codes to its qualification certificates in order to make it possible to electronically verify that they are legitimate. The idea is to make it possible to know the difference between the real certificates and fraudulent ones. The QR codes are central to an innovative new electronic verification system that…