QR code payments have become one of the fastest and most convenient ways to pay for shopping, utility bills, food, travel, ...

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 ...

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has reported a sharp rise in phishing emails that exploit malicious QR codes, with detections increasing more than fivefold between August and November 2025.According to a ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device, ...

GCash has blocked more than 6,700 fraudulent merchant accounts tied to QRPh scams known as "quishing," the Philippine mobile wallet said, as it steps up enforcement against QR code payment fraud.