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

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 ...

Researchers exploited WhatsApp's API vulnerability to scrape 3.5 billion phone numbers. Learn how this massive data breach ...

Throwaway phone numbers offer a cheap way to bypass authentication text defenses.

First, it was phony parking tickets, then toll road scams, now scammers are at it again with an all-new, all-bad DMV text scam. The unfortunate popularity of this latest grift has caused states from ...

Google is expanding scam protections for Android users with several new features that are rolling out this month.

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

The FBI stated that criminals are altering photos found on social media or other publicly available sites to use as fake ...

Though WordPress's Telex is still an experiment, the vibe coding software has already been used to help build real-world ...

During the holidays, people are juggling tasks, moving fast and often more trusting than usual. Scammers count on this. | ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new law banning cellphone usage in schools enacted earlier this year has completely transformed the ...

Once the money is gone, it’s almost never recovered. There’s no safety net. No “Law & Order” sting operation. Just bread ...