Starting July 1, 2026, businesses must register their SMS sender IDs to avoid having their messages flagged as scams. If they don’t, recipients will see “Unverified” instead of the brand name, risking ...

SMS blasters are portable devices which impersonate a mobile phone network tower and are used by cybercriminals.

Republished on October 7 with a new report into the surge in text attacks on U.S. citizens, making America the global hotspot for such threats. Your smartphone is now at risk from a surge in malicious ...

Scammers are now using “SMS blasters” to send out up to 100,000 texts per hour to phones that are tricked into thinking the devices are cell towers. Your wireless carrier is powerless to stop them.

Google is going to court to help put an end to, or at least limit, the prevalence of phishing scams over text message. Scam texts have been a nuisance for a long time, but they've become increasingly ...

Facepalm: The FBI is once again warning about an SMS phishing campaign targeting drivers and car owners. The unknown cybercriminals are trying to steal users' data and money, though avoiding the scam ...

Google has filed a lawsuit against a group of Chinese hackers running a platform called “Lighthouse” that sells phishing services for a monthly fee. The group offers clients its services to launch ...