B
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22% -- email phishing scams using qr codes for email-based phishing scams (2025)
22% of all email-based phishing scams use QR codes to bypass security filters.
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2025
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60
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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Total Defense
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https://qrlytics.eu/blog/qr-code-best-practices-driving-scans ↗
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QR Code Best Practices Driving Scans
QR Code Best Practices Driving Scans
That little black-and-white square on your coffee cup? It's not going anywhere. QR codes have long outlived their pandemic-era reputation as a contactless novelty, and the numbers back that up. By 2026, the number of US consumers scanning QR codes is projected to…
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email-based phishing scams: 22% email phishing scams using qr codes. Source: Total Defense (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-emails-qr-codes-share-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-emails-qr-codes-share-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>22%</strong> -- email phishing scams using qr codes for email-based phishing scams<br><small>Source: Total Defense (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-emails-qr-codes-share-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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