FBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Do Not Use These Codes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/08/17/fbi-warns-iphone-and-android-users-do-not-use-these-codes/

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SavinDWhales@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Summary: Do not scan QR codes from unknown sources. They send you to websites which may contain malware and/or try to scam you.

#savedyouaclick

kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y

I was trying to figure out if it was saying that the QR codes are a phishing attack vector (obvious, be careful of what you do with QR code links) or if someone figured out how to package actual malware into a QR code (completely different, is an actual threat), or both.