"Police Issue Quishing Email Warning"
Police in Northern Ireland have recently warned organizations in the province to be on their guard after issuing a new Crime Prevention Notice on “quishing,” or phishing via QR code. QR phishing, or quishing, has a similar end goal to regular scam emails, which are designed to trick the victim into handing over their credentials/personal information or unwittingly installing malware. The police noted that the victim typically receives an unsolicited email, but this time containing a PDF or PNG image of a QR code. The police stated that the requirement to scan a QR code increases the likelihood of a recipient using a personal device outside of an organization’s web or anti-virus protection. Like other phishing campaigns, the recipient is taken to a URL that may be hosting malware or a credential harvesting sign-in page. Experts warned that users are likelier to fall for QR code scams as they usually don’t contain spelling and language errors, which are a tell-tale sign of a phishing attack.