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With the holiday season just around the corner, Aussies are gearing up for the year’s biggest shopping spree, out to score great deals. Over the six-week lead up to Christmas, shoppers are expected to spend more than $69.7 billion – a significant part of it online, especially during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

Barracuda threat intelligence researchers have detected more than half a million phishing emails with quick response (QR) codes embedded in PDF documents.
QR codes that lead to phishing websites are now being included in PDF documents and attached to emails — versus being included in the emails themselves.
The attacks are designed to capture login credentials for compromise.

GUEST OPINION: As the biggest sales event of the year looms large, online crooks are starting to target eager consumers looking to save big on Black Friday.

QR codes and chat and messaging platform WhatsApp are increasingly being used for phishing and other scams, warns security awareness training and simulated phishing platform KnowBe4.

The competition regulator and enforcement agency the ACCC is seeking views on a court enforceable undertaking which has been offered by Industry Committee Administration (ICA), the company representing three Australian payment services providers seeking to merge.

Parallels Toolbox 5.0, the utility suite for macOS and Windows, delivers new barcode generation and reading functions, among others.

Debit card processor eftpos hasn't given up the fight against its multinational rivals. Its Product Roadmap 2021 Update outlines plans for mobile wallets, ecommerce, digital identity, APIs and fintech access, and QR codes.

Palo Alto's regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific, vice-president Sean Duca, has warned that cyber-attackers are devising ways to use QR codes to steal personal information.

Given the continuing COVID-19 outbreaks and fluctuating restrictions in Australia, security firm Avast is “urging individuals and businesses to be aware of the cyber threats around QR codes and potential COVID-19 vaccination online scams.”

Norway-based Vivaldi Technologies has released a new version of its browser of the same name for the desktop user, with a number of new features.

Product authentication and consumer engagement solutions provider YPB Group has signed an agreement to sell its Motif Micro 1 (MM1) smartphone authentication technology to China security label supplier PanPass.

With mobile wallets set to pass two billion users next year, and QR code payments soaring in China despite challenges elsewhere, who will cash in and win the digital wallet war?

QR codes aren't a passing fad, with QR code coupon redemptions predicted to grow fourfold from an estimated 1.3 billion in 2017 to 5.3 billion by 2022.

The number of mobile users adopting NFC ticketing will exceed 375 million by 2022, up from an estimated 122 million globally in 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Aerohive Networks has announced its "Personalised Engagement ecosystem" aimed at helping retailers get more out of the Wi-Fi connectivity they provide to customers.

Enterprise mobility specialist Mobile Mentor will incorporate iProximity's beacons into its solutions portfolio under a new partnership arrangement between the companies.

The university-focussed Co-op bookshop chain has teamed up with PayPal to enable students to buy textbooks from their smartphones by scanning QR codes in its store windows, and have the books delivered, instead of queuing in store.

The university-focussed Co-op bookshop chain has teamed up with PayPal to enable students to buy textbooks from their smartphones by scanning QR codes in its store windows, and have the books delivered, instead of queuing in store.

Cybercriminals are using QR codes to infect mobile phone with malware in a rapidly growing mobile malware 'industry'

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