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News 17 SeptemberACU staff are required to ensure their passwords meet complexity and security requirements. IT is rolling out mandatory passwords updates to staff who have not yet changed their password.
18 October 2023
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A close cousin to phishing, quishing is a new cyber security threat that uses QR codes to scam victims.
No, it’s not a new toy craze. Despite its cute name, quishing is in fact a serious new threat to cyber security. A combination of the words ‘QR code’ and ‘phishing,’ it leverages QR codes to lure victims into being scammed. Scammers may try to steal passwords or other personal data or infect your device with malware.
The QR code can be distributed by email, social media, or even physical print outs (eg. fake parking tickets, special offers, fake payment methods). They can sometimes bypass existing spam filters because the systems register QR codes as benign images.
Fortunately, quishing emails bear all the same hallmarks as regular phishing emails and can be identified by their:
Read more about the types of scams and how to recognise them.
The consequences of scanning a malicious QR code are the same as clicking a malicious link:
Here are five things you can do to avoid the dangers of QR code phishing:
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