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 ...

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 ...

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 FBI is warning consumers about SIM swapping, a resurgent identity theft scam perhaps best known for having once duped Block CEO Jack Dorsey in 2019. The scam isn't new, but cases are skyrocketing: ...

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 ...

A San Fernando Valley, California, man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after orchestrating a massive fraud operation that targeted dozens of victims, many of them elderly.

Our phones are the key to our digital identity. So it's no wonder they have become increasingly attractive targets for cybercriminals, who have a fair number of ways to take control of your phone ...

Wireless Account Lock is now available for AT&T consumer and business users alike Free feature that can be toggled in the myAT&T app The feature prevents SIM-swapping and similar attacks AT&T has ...

The physical SIM cards we've used for decades are slowly being phased out. With the Pixel 10 series, Google's phones have gone eSIM-only for the first time—at least if you buy them in the US. Apple ...