Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warningarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkThe growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warningarstechnica.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIt’s also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://LegitimateBusiness.com@ScamMyAss.com (Hoping that didn’t get blocked as spam) On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoOr just legitbusiness-online-order[.]com
minus-squareAshley Graves@lm.possum.citylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThankfully a lot of browsers already detect and block this behavior
It’s also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://LegitimateBusiness.com@ScamMyAss.com
(Hoping that didn’t get blocked as spam)
On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com
Or just legitbusiness-online-order[.]com
Thankfully a lot of browsers already detect and block this behavior