It’s the holiday shopping/scamming season. And that makes it a good time to think about protecting yourself from the dangers ...

According to the police, Nazar Abbas, Ravi, and Vicky Thakur were running the operations, along with 29 telecallers.

SIM? The way smartphones connect to mobile networks is gradually changing. At the heart of this change is the e-SIM, or ...

Claims by Nigeria’s communications minister that armed bandits evade tracking by using so-called call bouncers have been ...

Your phone's SIM card allows the device to make calls, send texts, and connect to the internet. The SIM card provides a phone number that identifies your device on the carrier's network, whether it's ...

Imagine scrolling on your phone one day, waiting on a text or call from someone, when suddenly your network stops working. You can’t get any new calls or texts or use any mobile data. Then, you ...

With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

Safaricom appears to be rolling out a new SIM Toolkit (STK) change that adds an extra confirmation step when sending money via M-PESA, and some users are not ...

WhatsApp acting possessed? Learn how to recover hacked WhatsApp account, spot silent takeovers, and shut out intruders before ...

Det Ch Insp Paul Curtis is showing us around an evidence room piled high with designer shoes and handbags. Thousands of items ...

sim card on a fish hook - Credit: Andrei Metelev / Shutterstock SIM-swapping attacks present a potential risk to all mobile phone users. With this type of fraud, a hacker is able to take control of ...

SIM swap fraud happens when an attacker convinces a telecom operator to move your phone number to a new SIM under their control. Once the number is ported, the criminal receives the one-time passwords ...