The Weekly Breach Breakdown Podcast: Gone Quishing – QR Code Phishing Used in New Attacks – S6E27
Update: 2025-09-04
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Welcome to the Identity Theft Resource Center's (ITRC) Weekly Breach Breakdown for September 5, 2025. I'm Tatiana Cuadras, Communications Assistant for the ITRC. Thanks to Sentilink for supporting the ITRC and this podcast. Each week, we look at the most recent events and trends related to data security and privacy. Today, we are going to look at how identity criminals are using QR code phishing in new attacks.
Many of you probably have heard the phrase “Gone Fishing” before. For those who have not, “Gone Fishing” is another way someone might say one is absent, left or no longer present. It can also be an excuse for not being around. The hackers are not “Gone Fishing”; they are “Gone Quishing”. See what I did there? On a more serious note, that is the title of this week’s podcast because they are weaponizing QR codes in new “quishing” attacks.
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Many of you probably have heard the phrase “Gone Fishing” before. For those who have not, “Gone Fishing” is another way someone might say one is absent, left or no longer present. It can also be an excuse for not being around. The hackers are not “Gone Fishing”; they are “Gone Quishing”. See what I did there? On a more serious note, that is the title of this week’s podcast because they are weaponizing QR codes in new “quishing” attacks.
Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/idtheftcenter/
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/IDTheftCenter
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