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 ...

Abstract: Mobile money in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) drives financial inclusion but remains exposed to SIM-swap fraud, where attackers exploit telecom weaknesses and social engineering to hijack ...

A quick smash-and-grab at a Houston park turned into months of anxiety for one woman after thieves took control of her phone number and started probing her financial life. She says the digital fallout ...

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 ...

Hayo, a global digital solutions provider, recently upgraded its National Mobile Registry (NMR) platform to assist governments and mobile operators in combating the surge of SIM swap fraud and mobile ...

Imagine scrolling on your phone one day, waiting on a text or call from someone, when suddenly your network stops working. You can’t get any new calls or texts or use any mobile data. Then, you ...

About four years ago, the Mulot SIM-swap criminals—long associated with mobile money fraud—mainly operated in Bomet and Narok counties. Mulot, comprising three trading centres (Mulot Sunset in Bomet ...

Over the past several months, according to the weekly sheriff’s reports, scams have been perpetuated against a number of residents. These have included, but not limited, to phone scams in which a ...

SIM swapping has become so widespread that lawmakers now consider it a national security threat. And no one is immune – not even high-profile figures like Twitter and Bluesky founder Jack Dorsey, or ...

A 2023 lawsuit suggests that T-Mobile customers may have been at risk of falling victim to a SIM swap attack since the mid-2010s, and the company reportedly doesn't want you to know about it. The ...