International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 13 Issue: 06 | Jun 2026
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“TrustTrap QR: Unmasking Adaptive Phishing in Digital Payments” Mohit Umesh Shah1 1Student, CSE Department, DACOE Karad, Maharashtra, India.
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Abstract - Nowadays QR codes are commonly used in
to state and then smooth to check for authenticity, QR codes present a various issue they appear little countenances that do not give out what they will take you to as far as later you leaf through bureaucracy. Also researcher as users likely to conform framework that means researcher concede possibility remember a QR law in a bold setting is dependable. What attackers do is they trick that trust by dawdling out fake fee pages or they pilfer sensitive information.
digital payment system due to their speed and power of convenience. QR codes ask to do something socially reality come to be used as a large answer for digital payments that is by way of the ease and speed they provide. That pronounced they have a hidden facet to ruling class what the law holds or where it is communicable you is not clear to the consumer till subsequently they scan it that is a big problem a security viewpoint. Researchers visualize that consumers’ count on what they see is what attacker’s trick that is reason researchers are observing them extinguish fire malicious QR codes that in proper sequence direct users to phishing sites that in many cases look extremely like the genuine thing. In this paper we present results from a study we did on observable facets of what we term adjusting QR located payment phishing attacks that look at consumer interplay and context located scam as opposite to just the type of educational institution aspects of the QR codes. Researcher managed regulated experiments that had shareholders use both honest and false phishing QR codes. Researcher look at which sites they were supervised to, in what way or manner complementary the fake interfaces were to the physical one and too at by what method the users reacted. The results of our study show that that search out reply consumers are very much in danger of succumbing QR phishing attacks when the codes are placed in what they trust and the interface of the attack very carefully models that of honest platforms. Researcher likewise report that multi stage redirections and subtle connect changes that concede possibility go ignored by the consumer considerably better the results for the attacker. Also we note that which the point is concerning this research to fix observable study and user knowledgeable procedures into discovery methods that is in proper sequence help the protection of QR codes. Also we present that which search out announce this study’s results search out design better secure QR located payment methods and to still inconvenience facts to users on which the likely dangers are.
Modern QR located phishing attacks have abandoned of the changeless link phase. Researcher visualize immediately attackers that are utilizing dynamic redirecting strategies, they are again crafty the phishing interfaces to appear the real thing and trick the consumers’ attitude for better results. What researcher had before, that was analysis of QR content and use of URL evil lists, that that was our established approach is raise to be incompetent against these always developing warnings. In this research researcher examine what the adjusting QR located fee phishing attacks tick from a type of educational institution and a behavioural stand point. Researcher examine consumer interplay and researcher resolve system act to make by putting pieces together an exact likeness what form these attacks successful and again to give suggest plans for better detection and stop.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 QR Code Vulnerabilities: Research finds that QR codes are risky to attacks because their content is not clear to consumers before leafing through (Krombholz et al., 2014). Studies have proved that malicious codes can send users to phishing researcher sites or introduce unknown action on devices.
2.2 Behavioural Exploitation in Phishing:
Key Words: QR code security, payment phishing, user behavior, adaptive attacks, digital payment fraud.
Many phishing attacks depend human conduct alternatively purely mechanics exposures. Users frequently act on trust, specifically when an attack happens in researcherll-known environments (Workman, 2008). Behavioural study is so fault-finding in understanding why QR-located phishing achieves.
1. INTRODUCTION QR codes have enhance top-selling in digital payments that is a result of their smooth use and speed. In seconds consumers are smart to complete transactions outside introducing report information. Researcher see these codes in sell stores, dining rooms, transport structures, and for serviceableness payments. But this availability too yields new protection issues. Unlike regular URLs that are smooth
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2.3 Detection Techniques: Previous work has attracted on URL analysis, machine intelligence classifiers, or ban databases to label malicious QR
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