There are all kinds of scams out there that we need to protect ourselves from, and one that is especially on the rise right now is known as SIM swapping. This type of scam takes control of your phone ...

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Every mobile phone sports a subscriber identity module (SIM) card that contains all sorts of unique information about the phone, the user, and their carrier. The critical element, however, is the ...

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- Wireless giant T-Mobile announced a personal data breach this week that exposed 37 million customers' information to hackers. It marks the eighth time in five years that leaks have ...

SIM swapping is a cell phone scam where criminals take over phone numbers, which can unlock financial, email and social media accounts. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our ...

As SIM swap attacks are often seen as non-demanding regarding technical skills, users must be diligent with their identity security. Despite the rise of cybersecurity infrastructure, online identity ...

The F.B.I. has issued a warning about the growing number of “SIM swap” scams that essentially steal someone’s cellphone number to hack their personal data. A “SIM swap” scam occurs when a criminal ...

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.

If your new phone no longer supports SIM cards, or you don't want to use them anymore, you can convert to eSIM instead. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...