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Sunday, February 14, 2021

Combatting the Growing Cyberthreat of QR Code Abuse

Back in 2013, David Geer laid out the dangers of QR codes for security, explaining how a malicious QR — Quick Response — code can contain a link to a website embedded with malware. The Web link then infects the user device with a Trojan. “Once a Trojan infiltrates a mobile device,” Geer wrote, “it..

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