Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

The fraud involves criminals gaining control of a victim's mobile phone number [PA Media] A growing number of cyber-criminals are collecting personal information shared on social media to hijack ...

Your phone number could be stolen, giving thieves access to your accounts. Robert Ross had never heard of the crime of “SIM swapping” until he became a victim. “I saw a notification for a withdrawal ...

Smartphones have been a boon to productivity and convenience. Many consumers have shifted their banking and investment transactions to the time-saving apps on their phones. But along with convenience, ...

We live in a fast-paced digital world, and smartphones have become a staple of our everyday lives. We rely on the device for everything from communication to banking to controlling all of our ...

The app’s updated capabilities strengthen identity protection, aiming to disrupt device-related crime.

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 ...

Chun Ai Deng considers herself a careful banking customer. So when she noticed a transaction on her Chase debit card for $3,809 at Best Buy, a store she’d never visited, she knew something was wrong.

The convenience of eSIM cards has opened a potential security hole for bad actors. Smartphones have been a boon to productivity and convenience. Many consumers have shifted their banking and ...

A subscriber identity module (SIM) was traditionally a small, removable card in your mobile phone that identified your phone number and authenticated your identity to a mobile network. When you got a ...