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Title: News: QR code exploit could use iOS Camera app to misdirect users to malicious sites
Post by: HCK on March 26, 2018, 04:05:24 pm
News: QR code exploit could use iOS Camera app to misdirect users to malicious sites

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               Infosec has discovered a potential exploit using the QR code-reading capabilities of the iOS Camera app that would allow one URL to be displayed while directing users to another hidden link. The simple code tweak allows those generating a QR code to set their link to display a safe-looking or familiar URL in the iOS confirmation box that pops up when a QR code is scanned, only to deliver the user to another URL entirely that was placed later in theā€¦

Source: News: QR code exploit could use iOS Camera app to misdirect users to malicious sites (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/qr-code-exploit-could-use-ios-camera-app-to-misdirect-users-to-malicious-si)