QR Code Attack Prevention

See Beyond The Pixels.
Block QR Phishing.

Quishing and image-based phishing attacks have surged by 415% in the last 12 months. With our multi-modal ML and Adaptive AI, you and your team are protected against these sophisticated threats.

QR Code Attack Prevention

Consequences

Image-based and QR-code phishing attacks can severely impact your organization:

  • Financial Loss—These sophisticated attacks often result in unauthorized transactions and hefty incident response costs.
  • Data Breaches—Sensitive information can be exposed, leading to significant data breaches.
  • Reputational Damage—Trust built over years can erode quickly, harming customer confidence and your brand image.

Challenges

Overcoming image-based and QR-code phishing attacks involves several hurdles:

  • Sophisticated Evasion—Embedded malicious content within images or QR codes often slips past traditional security measures.
  • High Volume—The rapid pace and sheer volume of these attacks can overwhelm security teams.
  • Human Vulnerability—Even well-trained employees can be deceived by convincing visuals and brand impersonations, making them prone to social engineering tactics.

Detection

We leverage advanced AI and multi-modal analysis to combat image-based and QR-code phishing attacks:

  • Multi-Modal Machine Learning—We counter image-based threats with AI that analyzes both visual and textual content.
  • Behavioral and Reputational Analysis—We utilize NLP and behavioral pattern analysis to detect anomalies and potential threats, enhancing precision.
  • Deep Image-Based Detection—We identify QR codes and hidden text in images to preemptively stop attacks.

Our unique multi-modal approach provides industry-leading detection and a rock-solid defense against image-based and QR-code phishing attacks.

Remediation

We don’t just detect and block email attacks, we ensure every variant is immediately eliminated in your environment:

  • Email Clustering & Incident Response—When a quishing or image-based attack is identified, we don’t just block it, we automatically search, cluster, and remediate similar attacks across your environment.
  • Customizable Automation Controls—Our platform excels in full automation but also values human discretion. You can adjust the automation level to your comfort, ranging from fully automated remediation to one incorporating your personalized expertise.
  • Empowered User Reporting—When employees flag suspicious emails, our platform re-analyzes them based on the reporter's awareness level. Automated actions like adding warning banners or global quarantining follow customizable settings.

WHY IRONSCALES?

The Industry’s Only Email Security Platform Unifying AI and Human Insights

Our API-based platform creates a baseline and social graph so our Adaptive AI can provide real-time reputation, content, and behavioral analysis to detect any malicious email threat.

Protect Better

Block quishing and advanced phishing attacks (and never-seen-before threats) with our Adaptive AI machine learning, continuously updated by real-world user insights and a community of over 36,000 IRONSCALES threat hunters.

Simplify Operations

Eliminate the time your team spends remediating email incidents with autonomous remediation without giving up transparency and control.

Empower Your Org

Triple the email security awareness of your workforce. Transform employees into a crucial line of phishing defense with integrated Human Risk Management: phishing simulation, security awareness training, and user risk scoring.

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“The integration of IRONSCALES has transformed our approach to email security. They rapidly developed a solution to intercept malicious QR codes, a game-changer during the pandemic. This capability alone has significantly enhanced our defensive strategies.”
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Elliot Franklin Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Fortitude Re

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about Ironscales QR code attack protection.

How does Ironscales detect malicious QR codes?

Ironscales finds QR codes and hidden text inside emails and images, decodes them, and analyzes where they lead. Multi-modal machine learning reads visual and textual content together, while behavioral and reputational analysis adds context about the sender and the message. Employees don't have to decide on their own whether a code is safe to scan.

Why do QR code attacks get past traditional email security?

A QR code is an image, so there's no link text for a conventional filter to scan. Without image analysis, a gateway sees a harmless picture and passes it through. The scan also moves the victim to a phone, which usually sits outside corporate security controls.

What is quishing?

Quishing, or QR code phishing, swaps a clickable link for a QR code that sends the victim to a malicious site, usually a credential harvesting page. Because the URL is encoded in an image, it slips past text-based scanning and moves the interaction to a mobile device with fewer enterprise protections. Quishing and image-based phishing attacks surged 415% in the last 12 months.

Does Ironscales catch QR codes hidden in images and attachments?

Yes. Ironscales detects QR codes whether they sit in the email body, inside an embedded image, or in an attached PDF or document, and it spots hidden text in images too. Each code is decoded and its destination analyzed, so attackers gain nothing by burying the code a layer deeper.

What happens after Ironscales detects a QR code attack?

Ironscales automatically searches for, clusters, and removes every variant of the campaign across your environment, including copies nobody reported. Automation controls let you run fully automated remediation or add your own review. When employees report a suspicious email, warning banners or global quarantine follow the settings you choose.

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