A central barrier to the creation of bogus social media accounts can be bypassed for as little as a few cents at a time, ...

Targeted email scams are getting bolder and more convincing. Here's how they work, and the smartest ways to defend yourself.

Scammers are adopting new methods to commit fraud. Sometimes they pretend to be bank employees, police officers, etc., by making phone calls, and sometimes they try to gain access to your phone by ...

With the holiday season approaching, scammers are targeting consumers with fake text messages about package delays, creating opportunities for deception.

In short, it is impossible to reliably use RCS for all your messages. While Google is trying to alleviate the problem by ...

The world is celebrating 33 years since the first-ever text message, ''Merry Christmas,'' was sent on December 3, 1992, a ...

Avoid usage of the iPhone at any cost. Avoid taking new photos or downloading large files, since new data can overwrite deleted items. Open Messages and check Trash. Recover anything you find there.

Back in the day, losing your phone meant simply missing a few phone calls. Now, it means someone potentially having the keys to a significant amount of ...

Hackers on Monday hijacked a mass text messaging service, pushing hundreds of thousands of scam texts to people who subscribe to alerts from New York state, a Catholic charity and a political ...

The Swiss National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning iPhone owners about a phishing scam that claims to have found your lost or stolen iPhone but is actually trying to steal your Apple ID ...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given Google strategic market status (SMS) for search and search advertising. The regulator said that designating Google with SMS enables it to consider ...