A SIM card is a necessity for connecting your phone to a cellular network. Unfortunately, that necessity can come with a very big risk. Criminals use a tactic called SIM fraud or SIM swapping to gain ...

a person's finger holding up a SIM card with a phone in the background - Towfiqu Ahamed/Getty Images A SIM card is a necessity for connecting your phone to a cellular network. Unfortunately, that ...

Every so often, we receive an email that stops us cold. Not because it is dramatic. Not because it is careless. Because it feels impossible. Sheri M. from Georgia recently wrote to us with this ...

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — A Waxahachie man was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison Friday after pleading guilty to a wire fraud scheme involving taking control of victims' cell phone numbers to steal ...

DALLAS, Texas — A Waxahachie man has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for orchestrating a SIM card-swapping fraud scheme, according to the United States Attorney for the Northern District ...

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 ...

Silent Link, a Bitcoin native SMS and mobile data company, has quietly grown into an international service provider for privacy-oriented users worldwide, at competitive rates. But how can a young ...

HOUSTON — A Houston woman says a quick break-in at a park turned into a months-long nightmare after criminals repeatedly tried to hijack her cell phone number without ever stealing her phone. Marcia ...

Physical SIM cards have long been synonymous with phone numbers. They've changed greatly from what they once used to be — giant cards you'd have to put in after removing your phone's battery – but ...