Malicious QR Code Use On the Rise

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 30, 2011 @06:07AM from the time-to-incorporate-rorschach-verification-tech dept.

New submitter EliSowash writes "Malware developers are increasingly using QR Codes as an attack vector. 'The big problem is that the QR code to a human being is nothing more than "that little square with a bunch of strange blocks in it." There's no way to tell what is behind that QR code.' The advice we've always given to the computer user community is 'don't click a link in an email if you don't know who it's from or where it goes' — so how do we protect unsuspecting users from QR codes, where you can't see the destination at all?"

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Apps show URL and ask to confirm by perpenso · 2011-12-30 06:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

so how do we protect unsuspecting users from QR codes, where you can't see the destination at all
The QR code app that I use on my phone shows the URL and asks me if I want to go there. Isn't this display and prompt common for QR code apps?

If your app does not do so, get a different one. Seems like a non issue, par for slashdot these days.