Call forwarding scams begin with a call or message that appears harmless. Victims are told their SIM needs ‘verification’, ...

The National Cyber Emergency Response Team (National CERT) of Pakistan has issued an advisory warning users about a surge in ...

A simple USSD code can help users quickly check for call forwarding misuse, a common hacking tactic, and take immediate steps to secure smartphones against scams and unauthorised surveillance risks.

When you think of cyberattacks that compromise your account security, maybe you envisage Microsoft zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in your software, or perhaps a hacker using ...

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LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - British trade department minister Chris Bryant said the government had been hacked in October, partly confirming a report in the Sun newspaper, which said a Chinese group ...

Cybercriminals stole $2.7 billion in crypto this year, a new record for crypto-stealing hacks, according to blockchain-monitoring firms. This was the largest known loot of crypto of all time, and one ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code to enable Nigerians to verify the authenticity of banks and other financial service providers ...

Every year, TechCrunch looks back at the cybersecurity horror shows of the past 12 months — from the biggest data breaches to hacks resulting in weeks of disruption — to see what we can learn. This ...

Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing small drones to using them as standard surveillance tools, a ...

Government data was stolen in a hack in October, the security minister has confirmed, who said that officials had since "managed to close the loophole" that allowed information to be taken. Trade ...