{"id":118,"date":"2021-11-07T18:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T23:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/?p=118"},"modified":"2021-11-07T18:55:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T23:55:17","slug":"scammers-are-emailing-waves-of-unsolicited-qr-codes-aiming-to-steal-microsoft-users-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/2021\/11\/07\/scammers-are-emailing-waves-of-unsolicited-qr-codes-aiming-to-steal-microsoft-users-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Scammers are emailing waves of unsolicited QR codes, aiming to steal Microsoft users&#8217; passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adversaries are taking advantage of increased QR code adoption by launching phishing campaigns using the technology. \u201cQuishing\u201d is the usage of a QR code lure to harvest credentials and\/or deliver a malicious payload.<\/p>\n<p>A recent phishing campaign contained a QR code that prompted users to scan it in order to listen to an \u201cencrypted voicemail.\u201d When users scanned the QR code they were directed to a fake Microsoft login page which harvested their credentials.<\/p>\n<p>QR codes have seen increased adoption at restaurants and other venues that require hands free exchange of information. The recent campaign is a good reminder to be mindful of what you\u2019re scanning and where it may take you.<\/p>\n<p>Author: AJ Vicens<br \/>\nPublished: October 26, 2021<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberscoop.com\/qr-code-phishing-scam\/\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adversaries are taking advantage of increased QR code adoption by launching phishing campaigns using the technology. \u201cQuishing\u201d is the usage of a QR code lure to harvest credentials and\/or deliver a malicious payload. A recent phishing campaign contained a QR code that prompted users to scan it in order to listen to an \u201cencrypted voicemail.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26653,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-week-11","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec002fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}