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Your phone number could be stolen, giving thieves access to your accounts. Robert Ross had never heard of the crime of “SIM swapping” until he became a victim. “I saw a notification for a withdrawal ...

We live in a fast-paced digital world, and smartphones have become a staple of our everyday lives. We rely on the device for everything from communication to banking to controlling all of our ...

MARLTON, New Jersey (WPVI) -- More and more criminals are taking over our cell phones and stealing our money, even bypassing two-factor authentication. The Action News Troubleshooters have some tips ...

Michael Engle is CSO at 1Kosmos, and was previously head of information security at Lehman Brothers and co-founder of Bastille Networks. The Covid-19 lockdown accelerated the use of mobile and digital ...

(WSPA) – Imagine someone stealing your phone number without ever having access to your phone. The FBI warns SIM card swapping is a scam that’s on the rise, and the simple theft can give scammers just ...

Smartphones have been a boon to productivity and convenience. Many consumers have shifted their banking and investment transactions to the time-saving apps on their phones. But along with convenience, ...

Every mobile phone sports a subscriber identity module (SIM) card that contains all sorts of unique information about the phone, the user, and their carrier. The critical element, however, is the ...

Telcoms suffered more than $28.3 billion in fraud losses in 2019, which can be attributed to subscription fraud, phishing attacks, robocalling and other types of fraud. False identities are often used ...

The FBI says a criminal scheme involving mobile phones and wireless providers intensified in 2021, leading to tens of millions of dollars in losses. It's called SIM swapping. SIM stands for Subscriber ...