quick response (1)

12281558065?profile=RESIZE_400xWhat if a QR (Quick Response) code was shown on a TV advertising spot, and the company behind that commercial had malicious intent?  For example, the QR code displayed during the AD opened your phone's browser and automatically downloaded and installed a piece of ransomware.  Given the number of people who watch the televised events, the outcome of that attack could have been disastrous.   That is Quishing, fooling a person (or several people) into thinking something is harmless (or necessary),