Be Careful Where You Stick Your Camera – Some QR Codes Are Dirty
According to Kaspersky, seller of the Kaspersky antivirus app for Android, Android viruses are getting worse. Well, not really worse, just different. The latest attack vector comes in the form of malicious QR Codes. When you scan a QR code, your phone turns those funky squares into a URL. Just like any other form of URL obfuscation (eg, shorteners), that URL can go to a naughty place. Said naughty place could give you a virus.
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Be Careful Where You Stick Your Camera – Some QR Codes Are Dirty
Ron Amadeo – androidpolice.com
