This week in cybersecurity: AI coding agents with exploitable vulnerabilities, cybercrime rings operating like professional enterprises, and new scam tactics—including malicious QR codes. I've been ...

A sophisticated phishing campaign impersonating WhatsApp Web uses fake meeting links and QR codes to hijack accounts and enable real-time surveillance. Explore Get the web's best business technology ...

MICHIGAN, USA — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing a consumer alert warning about QR code hijacking scams ahead of the Detroit Auto Show, which opens this week at Huntington Place.

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis area woman shared with FOX 2 images she recently received via text while talking on the phone with someone threatening an arrest by the FBI. She said the caller threatened to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Scammers are now mailing sports trading cards posing as gifts, complete with a QR code that promises to verify authenticity. The hook? The card appears to be signed by Chiefs tight ...

Older adults are increasingly targeted by scams, with recent reports indicating they lose more money to fraud than any other age group, according to a community announcement. To help address this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An area sheriff’s office has issued a warning about an increase in phone scams to start 2026. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office ...

WARREN COUNTY — An area sheriff’s office has issued a warning about an increase in phone scams to start 2026. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post about the recent increase ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The city of Columbia is warning residents and visitors to pay close attention to any QR code they scan after a fake one was found on a city parking meter. On Friday, Columbia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An area police department is warning of subscription renewal scams as the new year begins. The Franklin Division of Police shared ...

The Franklin Division of Police shared on social media about the rise of scammers using fake “subscription renewal” calls to deceive people. The department has received reports of calls claiming to be ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Elizabethtown Police Department is warning of a new scam involving fake QR codes. An official-looking gift card is being found in Amazon packages, but it's a scam. The ...