Criminals tricking mobile phone providers into transferring phone numbers to a Sim card they control – known as Sim-swap ...

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 ...

After three years, telecommunications company T-Mobile is bringing a handy feature back to the T-Life app: self-service SIM swapping. SIM swapping lets users switch which SIM card is associated with a ...

If you haven’t experienced SIM swap fraud, count yourself lucky. It’s a relatively new, sophisticated form of fraud that allows hackers to gain access to bank accounts, credit card numbers, and other ...

A simple mobile number hijack can give fraudsters full access to your OTPs, banking apps and savings before you even realise ...

“SIM swap fraud is the enabler that the criminals use to intercept a one-time password (OTP) to take over a social media ...

Sim Swap Scam: Cybercrime is rapidly increasing. People are being defrauded using new methods. Now, a scam called "SIM Swap" has emerged. In this, fraudsters steal your mobile number, putting your ...

The cyberattack that has targeted Marks and Spencer (M&S) is the latest in a growing wave of cases involving something called sim-swap fraud. While the full technical details remain under ...

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 ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...