detecting-qr-code-phishing-with-email-security

Detect and prevent QR code phishing (quishing) attacks that embed malicious URLs inside QR code images to bypass link-based email security, using image-based threat detection, OCR/QR decoding, and mobile-side scanning (Microsoft Defender for O365, Proofpoint TAP, Barracuda Multimodal AI). Use when configuring gateway rules against QR phishing or investigating suspicious emails containing QR codes.