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Phishing Attacks Incorporate QR Codes to Help Evade URL Analysis

Security researchers noticed fraudsters incorporating QR codes into various phishing attack campaigns as a way to evade URL analysis. The body of the messages used just a few basic HTML elements and an embedded GIF of a QR code to set up an effective disguise as a SharePoint email. The QR code redirected recipients to a phishing website located at hxxps://digitizeyourart[.]whitmers[.]com/wp-content/plugins/WP-college/Sharepoint/sharepoint/index[.]php via their smartphones browser.”]

Source: https://securityintelligence.com/news/phishing-attacks-incorporate-qr-codes-to-help-evade-url-analysis/

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