Criminals are increasingly using a technique called “SIM swapping” to steal personal information and gain access to your accounts via your phone. SIM swapping is a crime where criminals steal your ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Our mobile phone numbers have become a de facto form of identification, but they can be hijacked for nefarious purposes. Just such an attack may have been involved in the recent very damaging ...

Cybersecurity experts recommend using multifactor authentication to strengthen user accounts and reduce credential theft, but MFA isn't without its challenges. Attackers continuously adapt techniques ...

Federal prosecutors have charged multiple groups of defendants across the country for using SIM swaps to seize victims’ phone numbers, intercept two-factor authentication codes, and drain bank ...

Torsten George, chief cybersecurity evangelist at ID Dataweb, Inc., felt helpless as he sat with his personal cell phone up to one ear and realized he was in the throes of an active attack. The person ...

Sim-swap, a modern form of fraud, has resulted in several Kenyans losing money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of shillings per victim. The Sim-swap scam is not only a concern to Kenya, but other ...