QR Code phishing--quishing--became the hottest phishing trend in the latter half of 2023, and it continues through 2024. From August to September, QR code phishing attacks increased by 587%. From November to December, the increase was 425%.

Check Point was first to market with QR code phishing protections in 2019. In the video above, Gil Friedrich, Avanan's CEO and co-founder, explains how we developed the protections.

Below, read more about QR code protections, as well as take a deeper dive into some of the QR code phishing attacks we've prevented.