ALFA: A Safe-By-Design Approach to Mitigate Quishing Attacks Launched Via Fancy QR Codes

Phishing with Quick Response QR codes is termed as Quishing. The attackers exploit this method to manipulate individuals into revealing their confidential data. Recently, we see the colorful and fancy representations of QR codes, the 2D matrix of QR codes which does not reflect a typical mixture ...

FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. "As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic...

Exemplifying Emerging Phishing: QR-Based Browser-In-The-Browser (BiTB) Attack

Lately, cybercriminals constantly formulate productive approaches to exploit individuals. This article exemplifies an innovative attack, namely QR-based Browser-in-The-Browser BiTB, using proficiencies of Large Language Model LLM i.e. Google Gemini. The presented attack is a fusion of two emergin...

The Impact of Emerging Phishing Threats: Assessing Quishing and LLM-Generated Phishing Emails against Organizations

Modern organizations are persistently targeted by phishing emails. Despite advances in detection systems and widespread employee training, attackers continue to innovate, posing ongoing threats. Two emerging vectors stand out in the current landscape: QR-code baits and LLM-enabled pretexting. Yet...

Detecting Quishing Attacks with Machine Learning Techniques through QR Code Analysis

The rise of QR code based phishing "Quishing" poses a growing cybersecurity threat, as attackers increasingly exploit QR codes to bypass traditional phishing defenses. Existing detection methods predominantly focus on URL analysis, which requires the extraction of the QR code payload, and may...

New QR Code Phishing Campaign Exploits Microsoft Sway to Steal Credentials

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new QR code phishing aka quishing campaign that leverages Microsoft Sway infrastructure to host fake pages, once again highlighting the abuse of legitimate cloud offerings for malicious purposes. "By using legitimate cloud applications, attacke...

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing

Scanning Danger: Unmasking the Threats of Quishing By Shyava Tripathi and Rohan Shah · December 7, 2023 This blog was also written by Raghav Kapoor Phishing, a prevalent cybercrime worldwide, is responsible for as much as 90 percent of data breaches, making it a significant avenue for the theft o...

Surge in QR Code Quishing: Check Point Records 587% Attack Spike

By Deeba Ahmed Explore insights into the rise of Quishing attacks, the risks associated with QR code exploitation, and crucial preventive… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Surge in QR Code Quishing: Check Point Records 587% Attack Spike...

Hackers Exploit QR Codes with QRLJacking for Malware Distribution

By Deeba Ahmed Researchers report a surge in QR code-related cyberattacks exploiting phishing and malware distribution, especially QRLJacking and Quishing attacks. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Exploit QR Codes with QRLJacking for Malware Distribution...

A week in security (October 9 - October 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Explained: Quishing Update now! Atlassian Confluence vulnerability is being actively exploited Giant health insurer struck by ransomware didn't have antivirus protection Ransomware review: October 2023 Stalkerware activity drops as glaring spying problem is reveale...

Explained: Quishing

Quishing is phishing using QR Quick Response codes. QR codes are basically two-dimensional barcodes that hold encoded data, and they can be used to work as a link. Point your phone's camera at a QR code and it will ask you if you want to visit the link. The use of QR codes in malicious campaigns ...