Over the summer, we saw a somewhat unexpected rise in QR-code based phishing attacks. These attacks were all fairly similar. The main goal was to induce the end-user to scan the QR Code, where they would be redirected to a credential harvesting page. Fairly simple, but it was successful as many email security solutions didn’t have QR code protection and many end-users are used to scanning QR codes. It’s why we saw a 587% increase between August and September of these attacks. Security vendors furiously worked to develop new protections for these attacks. And, as always happens, threat actors responded […]
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