Scanning QR codes: These are the tricks used by criminals

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QR codes can carry dangerous URLs. We explain what tricks criminals have come up with and what you need to look out for when scanning QR codes.

 

The square codes are useful helpers in everyday life: With a scan you can call up a URL, add a contact or save the guest at home typing in the WLAN password.

Because they are practical and are sometimes scanned carelessly, attackers have also found their joy in QR codes. Because the appearance of the QR code reveals nothing about its content, the pile of pixels can hide a dangerous link to a deceptively real login page of a fake bank or to a Trojan.

In recent years, criminals have invented original methods – but fortunately you are not at the mercy of them.

 

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