SALT LAKE CITY — You’ve heard of phishing, which is when scammers send emails or text messages in an attempt to steal personal information, hoping you’ll click a tainted link.

Quishing is just that, but all it takes is a scan of a QR code.

“They want to get into your phone, into financial accounts, maybe your email, which is very powerful,” said cybersecurity strategist Jean-Paul Bergeaux. “If they can get your email, they can get into almost anything.”

Bergeaux warned that if you get a QR code through text or email, consider it invalid and don’t click. But if you’re out in the real world and scan one, he said, “Before you click it, look and see what that little glimpse looks like on the camera. Is that the link I expect it to be? Before I click on it? Scammers love that a lot of people

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