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Sharp Surge in QR Code Phishing Attacks Revealed by Check Point

Sharp Surge in QR Code Phishing Attacks Revealed by Check Point

An alarming surge of 587% in QR code phishing, or Quishing attacks, was recently identified by Check Point’s Harmony Email team between August and September 2023. Researchers noted thousands of these QR code-related attacks each month.

In a blog post authored by Check Point’s cybersecurity researcher Jeremy Fuchs, it was revealed that hackers exploit QR codes to lure users, redirecting them to credential-harvesting websites. Notably, in the UK and Europe, 86.66% of smartphone users have scanned at least one QR code in their lifetime, with 36.40% scanning codes weekly.

This uptick is in line with the findings reported by SlashNext, a SaaS-based cloud messaging security firm, which highlighted a sudden increase in QR code-based phishing attacks in October.

Exploiting QR codes is convenient for attackers due to their ability to encode complex data and quickly direct users to malicious websites. Check Point discovered a substantial rise in Quishing attacks, a form of phishing where unsuspecting users are deceived into accessing harmful sites or downloading malware after scanning a QR code.


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