The Federal Trade Commission released new data showing that Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with text messages in 2024. The agency identified five dominant categories of ...

You know this by now. The threat from malicious text messages has never been worse. Fueled by Chinese organized criminal gangs and AI, this now targets smartphone users on an industrial level, sending ...

Android phones, and especially Pixel phones, are better at protecting consumers against scams than iPhone users, Google's Android team said in a report released on Thursday to mark the end of ...