QR tags used by cyber criminals

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The marketing tags can be used to steer victims to malicious sites

Quick Response (QR) tags, an important tool in interactive marketing, can be targeted and manipulated by cyber criminals to steer victims to malicious web sites, researchers have warned. A demon...

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