Chai! Na serious matter wey dey ground o! Kaspersky don drop bombshell wey show say phishing emails wey dey use QR codes don waka like no tomorrow. From August wey dem detect 46,969 emails, e don jump reach 249,723 by November 2025! Na how many times that one be? You fit calculate am well, na more than five times increase! E be like say cybercriminals don sabi the koko of QR codes as dem dey use am to hide malicious links and bypass many security wahala.
This trend no too sweet, as dem go dey embed these codes for email bodies, but e go plenty for PDF attachments. Dem go try make you scan the codes with your phone wey get weak security, compared to your office laptop. Na wetin Kaspersky talk. One expert for di company, Roman Dedenok, don yarn say,
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