Chances are you've seen a distinctive black-and-white square plastered somewhere on a menu, box, or subway station. These are QR codes. The initials stand for Quick Response, and these unmistakable ...

If you scan a bogus QR code and go to the linked site, you can be fooled into giving up passwords and sensitive date. Here's how to spot and protect yourself from fake QR codes.

TECH How to scan a QR code with your iPhone or Android phone (no apps needed) QR codes are those pixelated squares you see in restaurants, advertisements, stores, food packaging, business cards ...

If the QR code or short URL is supposed to take you to a website you can’t simply navigate to on your browser, ask the business to give you a fresh menu or another document with the code or URL ...

How to identity QR code scams? To identify scams, firstly users should know that QR code is only scanned to send money and not to receive money.