Cybercriminals can leverage this scam to steal your personal and banking data, compromise user privacy, and install malware ...

[SINGAPORE] OCBC digital users are now able to access mobile and online banking services, following a short-lived outage on Thursday (Dec 18) morning. About 1,000 outage reports were lodged on ...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has launched a pilot where selected customers will receive an SMS to continue, modify or revoke consent for promotional communications under the ...

You're walking along a busy street when a text pops up on your phone. So far, so ordinary - but the reality could be far darker. Fraudsters are increasingly targeting commuters using portable ...

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

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Kong Ji Chen, 31 was sentenced to 24 weeks imprisonment after using an SMS blaster to spam commuters with fraudulent text messages during rush hour. The court heard a member of the public received a ...

More than 205 million spam short message service (SMS) messages were detected by Airtel Africa’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered spam detection service, Spam Alert in 13 of its markets ...

Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.

Think about how many apps you’ve installed on your phone. Each one asks for permissions—sometimes more than they really need. But did you know that certain app permissions could expose your bank login ...

Weak Link: Two-factor authentication is designed to harden device security and make unauthorized access even trickier for bad actors. In the imperfect world we live in, however, there's almost always ...