North Korea Turns QR Codes Into Phishing Weapons

FBI Warns About North Korean Hackers Adding Malicious QR Codes to Emails

Think before you scan. The FBI says a hacking group known as Kimsuky is targeting 'US entities' with emails that contain codes intended to infect devices and scoop up personal data.

North Korea turns QR codes into phishing weapons

: State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says

North Korean hackers using QR codes to attack governments and think tanks: FBI

The FBI has warned that a North Korean cybercrime group known for its prolific espionage operations is using QR codes to launch spear-phishing attacks against U.S. and foreign government entities and other institutions. The Pyongyang-backed actor Kimsuky targeted nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, academia and foreign policy experts by embedding malicious QR codes in phishing emails […]

FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs

The North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuki is using malicious QR codes in spearphishing campaigns that target U.S. organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns in a flash alert. [...]

FBI warns of attacks by North Korean cyber threat group using malicious QR codes

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