Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person holding up a smartphone and scanning a QR code. In January 2022, the FBI warned about scammers manipulating QR codes.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - This was one of the most talked-about Super Bowl ads. Just a simple QR code bouncing around the screen. If you scanned the code, you were taken to a site called Coinbase, a ...

Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.