Perceived security risks of scanning quick response (QR) codes in mobile computing with smart phones

Author

Yin, L. Roger ; Senior, Mitchum ; Zhuo Zhang ; Baldwin, Nicholas

Author_Institution

Univ. of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

28-30 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Quick response (QR) code utilization is everywhere from magazines and posters to Facebook and Twitter. Today´s mobile devices offer advanced capabilities along with unprecedented security risks that the majority of users don´t realize exist - QR code scanning is a good example. In this study we intend to investigate the perceived risk and its mitigation of employing a digital QR code certification pop-up message that warns users against malicious QR codes and prevent users from being tricked into a hacker scheme. Data analysis and results will be presented and discussed.

Keywords

Internet; mobile computing; risk analysis; security of data; smart phones; social networking (online); Facebook; QR code scanning; QR code utilization; Twitter; data analysis; digital QR code certification; hacker scheme; malicious QR codes; mobile computing; mobile devices; perceived security risks; scanning quick response; smart phones; Authentication; Business; Certification; Mobile communication; Smart phones; Quick response (QR) code; digital certificate; e-commerce; hacker; information security; m-commerce; mobile computing; smart phone;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering, Management Science and Innovation (ICEMSI), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taipa

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEMSI.2013.6913997

Filename

6913997