7 Places QR Code Phishing Is Hooking Men Right Now

Walk past a shiny sticker on a wall, scan it quickly, and boom — a problem starts growing quietly inside a phone. QR codes ...

Scanning that QR code can leave you vulnerable. Here’s how to protect yourself

It’s hard to believe that something nefarious can lie within a QR code, but it can. QR codes have become a convenience of modern life. Just scan the black and white mosaic with your phone’s camera and ...
Inc

Think Twice Before Scanning That QR Code

When the pandemic hit, QR codes were suddenly everywhere, providing a fast, contact-free way to access everything from restaurant menus to digital business cards to websites with important health ...
Bleeping Computer

GitHub code scanning now finds more security vulnerabilities

Code hosting platform GitHub today launched new machine learning-based code scanning analysis features that will automatically discover more common security vulnerabilities before they end up in ...
Forbes

Why QR Code Scanning Will Be At The Forefront Of Retail Success This Holiday

The West Is Catching Up with Asia In China, 50% of consumers scanned a QR code several times a week in 2019, according to packaging solutions provider SIG. Mobile payment by QR scanning is ubiquitous ...
ZDNet

GitHub rolls out new Code Scanning security feature to all users

Code-hosting website GitHub is rolling out today a new security feature named Code Scanning for all users, on both paid and free accounts. GitHub says the new Code Scanning feature "helps prevent ...
MacRumors

Scanning QR Codes With Your iPhone Is About to Get Easier in iOS 17

When Apple releases iOS 17 in the fall, anyone who tends to use their iPhone's camera to scan QR codes can expect to find the process a little easier, thanks to a small but significant change coming ...
ZDNet

Long-distance QR code scanning is coming soon to Android phones

A big-time Google upgrade could put an end to the struggle of scanning a QR code from a long way away. Whether it's across the room on a wall or across the highway on a billboard, a new scanner ...

Anthropic's Claude Code Security is available now after finding 500+ vulnerabilities: how security leaders should respond

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 surfaced 500+ high-severity vulnerabilities that survived decades of expert review. Fifteen days ...
Computer Weekly

GitHub makes code vulnerability scanning feature public

One year after acquiring software security scanning specialist Semmle, and following a successful five-month beta process, GitHub is making its CodeQL code scanning capabilities available publicly, ...
Geeky Gadgets

GitHub code scanning checks your code for vulnerabilities as you create

GitHub has this week announced the availability of its new Code Scanning feature providing an easy way for developers to check their code for security vulnerabilities. Code scanning integrates with ...