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   Mass quishing attacks linked to organized crime gangs across the UK   
      
   Date:   
   Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   QR code attacks are being deployed by career criminals.   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   A relatively new cyber threat, Quishing, or QR code phishing is claiming more   
   victims in the UK than ever, with Action Fraud receiving 1,386 reports of   
   incidents last year, a serious increase from 2019 where 100 attacks were   
   recorded, the BBC reports .    
      
   These are especially prevalent in contactless payment hotspots like parking   
   meters and restaurant menus, where criminals will stick their own malicious    
   QR code over an existing legitimate QR code.    
      
   Victims of these scams are urged to scan a malicious QR code using their   
   phones, and then redirected to websites controlled by criminals, and are   
   prompted to hand over their financial information by a fake payment page, or   
   malware is deployed to their device.    
      
   Caution is key    
      
   These attacks are difficult to spot even after the fact, as criminals often   
   take smaller amounts but more frequently, disguising the payments as   
   legitimate-looking subscriptions or parking charges for example - which fly   
   under the radar and arent always reported.    
      
   QR codes were designed to make things more convenient but threat actors have   
   taken advantage of this and cleverly made cloned and fake sites that look   
   authentic at the end of a click, comments Jake Moore, Global Cybersecurity   
   advisor at ESET.    
      
   QR scams can often be difficult to protect against as there is very little   
   that immediately meets the eye to make the user aware of anything fraudulent.   
   It can be difficult to tell these codes apart especially when the link that   
   the QR code generates doesnt look any different to what you may expect such    
   as a parking payment website.    
      
   As with all social engineering attacks, the key to staying safe is staying   
   vigilant. Only scan QR codes you are 100% certain are safe, and never hand    
   out your payment information to an unverified source.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/mass-quishing-attacks-linked-to-organiz   
   ed-crime-gangs-across-the-uk   
      
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