With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

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New social engineering attack tricks you into giving away access to your own account. Here’s what you need to know and do.

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Discover how passwordless login works and why it's transforming authentication technology. Learn its benefits, security advantages, and impact on the future of digital access.

Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Researchers exploited WhatsApp's API vulnerability to scrape 3.5 billion phone numbers. Learn how this massive data breach happened and protect yourself.

SINGAPORE: From 2026, secondary school students will not be allowed to use smartphones or smartwatches during school hours, including outside of lesson time. The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced ...

Klarna is addressing online reports suggesting the company may have suffered a data breach. The claims varied widely, prompting the firm to issue a detailed explanation of what it says actually ...

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