Stop SIM Swappers Cold: Protect Your Phone Number With These 7 Tips With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps. These ...

One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn't make calls or texts. That, though, turned out to be ...

SIM swap fraud, often called SIM hijacking, is a form of account takeover where criminals gain access to a victim's phone number. This allows them to assume control over the victim's mobile identity, ...

Experts at a MediaNama event on SIM binding reflect on the gap between the policy and technical reality as iOS/Android block ...

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Read to know what experts at MediaNama's latest discussion said about real-life examples where SIM binding plays spoilsport.

Changing carriers can be exciting. You might get to pick up a new phone, or maybe you want better coverage in your home area. Either way, you have to know how to get set up. Each carrier tackles SIM ...

You don't need a SIM card and cellular service to use most features of today's iPhones and Android phones. Most apps and services run just fine as long as you have access to WiFi, and you can even set ...

The latest directive from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has created a new compliance challenge for messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, which must deploy SIM binding and ...