"QR Codes Serve Up a Menu of Security Concerns"

Quick Response (QR) codes are booming in popularity due to the coronavirus.  Since more people are using QR codes, hackers are flocking to exploit the trend. In a new study, researchers found that many people are unaware that adversaries can easily use QR codes to launch digital attacks.  MobileIron found that 71 percent of the survey respondents could not distinguish between a legitimate and a malicious QR code.  QR code security should gain more attention from researchers in the future.  Especially since 53 percent of the respondents said they would like to see QR codes used more broadly in the future.  Almost half of the surveyed participants indicated that they trusted QR codes enough to use QR codes that they received in the mail to vote.    

Threatpost reports: "QR Codes Serve Up a Menu of Security Concerns"