QR Code generatorThis QR Code will take readers to the online version of Allan Hoffman's column on NJ.com when read by a barcode scanner application on a smartphone. QR codes are everywhere these ...

Since this project proves software can be embedded in QR codes, it means that malware could also be hidden in a QR code, if there is an exploitable bug somewhere in a smartphone QR reader app.

QR codes are easy to use, if you know how to access the information they contain and have an internet connection.