The trouble is, with QR codes, you may not be able to tell the difference between a malicious code and a legitimate one until you've scanned it. But there are a few ways you can avoid fakes.

The 2D versions of barcodes look like squares or rectangles containing many small, individual dots – QR codes are one version – and can hold a lot more information, which is encoded on both ...

The global regulatory landscape for labelling consumer products is ever-changing, with an increasing number of industries adopting 2D codes to increase transparency and traceability and combat the ...

A cybersecurity researcher is urging users to upgrade Adobe Acrobat Reader after a fix was released yesterday for a remote code execution zero-day with a public in-the-wild proof-of-concept exploit.

If you have a basic OBD2 scanner, you may only see a code, such as P0171 or P0456, and nothing else on the display. In this case, you will need to do some research to find out what the code means.

SocketMobile Inc., a provider of mobile data-capture solutions, has launched a countertop QR-code payment reader to enable consumer-presented QR-code operations. The device, called the SocketScan S320 ...

Next Generation 2D barcodes, which are similar to a QR code but provide more information, have started rolling out at retailers across Australia, including Woolworths, IGA stores, Big W and Dan ...

Micronic launches its first high speed camera-based rack reader, for fast and precise rack reading: the Micronic Rack Reader DR900, complete with the intuitive Micronic Code Reader Software. Optimized ...

QR codes are easy to use if you know how to access the information they contain and have an internet connection. Here are a few ways to access QR code information using your iPhone with iOS 16.