Your iPhone may be hacked if the battery drains too fast, the device heats up when idle, data usage spikes, weird coded messages appear, or apps behave automatically without your action.

Phones today are more secure than ever, making it harder, but not impossible, for hackers to take control. iPhones have strong protections built in, and while Android devices have improved, they still ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Cybercriminals are using increasingly sophisticated methods to steal personal data from smartphones, including bank details and passwords. While smartphone operating system makers constantly update ...

Is it possible for a news story to be both widely known and not really known at all? The News of the World phone-hacking scandal may be such a paradox. Everyone knows the rudiments of the story – when ...