SIM swapping gives fraudsters access to your cell phone number and any incoming messages you receive. That can make it easier for them to hack into your accounts, including your bank account ...

Urban, who is said to have gone by the handles "Sosa," "Elijah," "Gustavo Fring," and "King Bob," will have to pay back just ...

In a SIM swap, the hacker doesn't need to physically steal your SIM card — the thing in your phone that identifies it as your phone. They just pretend to be you and persuade an employee at your ...

T-Mobile is bolstering SIM card security to prevent unauthorized attacks, meaning more steps will be required for customers to swap SIM cards. The new "Account Change Engine" by T-Mobile vets SIM ...

SIM swapping: the simple way that hackers took over the SEC’s X Account Experts say SIM swap attacks like the one the SEC experienced will continue happening until mobile phone carriers change ...

I was ready to declare physical SIM cards obsolete until my toddler sent my eSIM-only phone flying off a ninth-floor balcony.

If you desperately need to swap out the SIM card or install a microSD in your Android device, but can’t find the ejector tool that came with your phone, there are many household items you can ...

Fraudsters have been registering an existing mobile number on a new SIM card that they buy from local shops pretending that they are the original owners. [iStockphoto] SIM swap fraud cases have ...

For years, this chip was on a physical card that you could swap in and out by ejecting a SIM card tray from your phone. Most modern phones, however, also support eSIMs. Instead of a physical card ...

They will claim the original phone and SIM card were damaged ... to gather the personal data they need to pull off a SIM swap. If you’ve been using the same or similar login information for ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Fraudsters have been registering an existing mobile number on a new SIM card that they buy ...