Quick response codes, or QR codes, may be easy and convenient to use to read menus at restaurants during the pandemic or to enable touch free mobile payments — but the Army now warns that criminals can exploit QR codes to connect phones to run scams. When smart phones scan a QR code, which is made up of black and white dots arranged in a square, the code will typically open up a browser or enable a payment to a business. Users should also be wary of cybercriminals who may try to use QR codes to steal users’ money, the Army Criminal Investigation Command’s Major Cybercrime Unit said in the alert, issued earlier this week. Scams could also include connecting devices that scan QR codes to a malicious network and sending texts or making calls to users’ contacts or adding malicious contacts to the contact list, the Army alert warned. Eighty-four […]
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