With cases of QR code fraud starting to pop up and some officials warning consumers to take pause, you may be wondering if it's ever safe to scan those little black and white squares and follow the ...

The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands ( APB ) has detected an attempted fraud using parking payment machines near the ...

“To encourage the victim to scan the QR code, the criminals often ship the packages without ... the scammers perceive this as a profitable pay-off.” ...

Scan to Pay is deceptively simple: someone who wants to collect money — say, to sell merchandise or collect donations — signs up for Scan and generates a QR code. That QR code can be attached ...

The scammers are using fraudulent QR codes -- bar codes that you scan on your phone to launch a website -- to direct people to malicious sites in order to steal their data or hijack payments, the ...

Port Authority warns of fraudulent QR codes on parking meters redirecting to fake website requesting bank details in latest ...

That QR Code allows travelers to scan and pay for parking using their smartphone without having to stop at one of the physical pre-pay ticket kiosks or pull out a credit card at the exit gate kiosk.

Costco is transforming the shopping experience by introducing a cutting-edge 'scan-and-go' technology in select U.S. stores.

A startup we met in Toronto this week called Qriket says that it can give people a great incentive to scan QR codes: Its app, which is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, enters people ...

For example, if the QR code tells you to open a website, just follow it. In some instances, a QR code may automatically do the action for you, like when you scan to pay for your groceries. That ...