The US Federal Trade Commission has become the latest organization to warn against the growing use of QR codes in scams that attempt to take control of smartphones, make fraudulent charges, or obtain personal information.
The code opens a page on a browser or app of the phone, where the account password is already stored.
Two-factor authentication apps provide a similar flow using QR codes when enrolling a new account.
For more than two years now, parking lot kiosks that allow people to make payments through their phones have been a favorite target.
The scam QR codes lead to look-alike sites that funnel funds to fraudulent accounts rather than the ones controlled by the parking garage.
“A scammer’s QR code could take you to a spoofed site that looks real but isn’t,” the advisory stated.
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The US Federal Trade Commission has become the latest organization to warn against the growing use of QR codes in scams that attempt to take control of smartphones, make fraudulent charges, or obtain personal information.
The code opens a page on a browser or app of the phone, where the account password is already stored.
Two-factor authentication apps provide a similar flow using QR codes when enrolling a new account.
For more than two years now, parking lot kiosks that allow people to make payments through their phones have been a favorite target.
The scam QR codes lead to look-alike sites that funnel funds to fraudulent accounts rather than the ones controlled by the parking garage.
“A scammer’s QR code could take you to a spoofed site that looks real but isn’t,” the advisory stated.
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