CHICAGO (WLS) -- In the SIM swap scam, thieves take control of your phone number, emails, texts and can even wipe out your bank account. It can destroy your credit and compromise your most private ...

Europol, with help from local law enforcement, has made a series of arrests across Europe in a crackdown on SIM-swapping attacks. Under the name "Operation Quinientos Dusim," Europol's European ...

‘The Community’ allegedly netted $2.4 million in cryptocurrency ‘The Community’ allegedly netted $2.4 million in cryptocurrency Nine people have been charged in an alleged conspiracy to hijack SIM ...

A few weeks ago, a report highlighted how hackers were gaining access to Instagram accounts by stealing a phone number and reassigning it to a different SIM card. Now ...

A U.S. court sentenced a member of an international hacking organization to 10 months in prison along with heavy fines in connection with a multi-million dollar hacking scheme. The perpetrator, ...

Nick Statt is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Though Instagram’s confirmation was likely prompted by the ...

Today's Alphabet Soup: SIM DES SMS GSM UN ITU NSA OTOH. Karsten Nohl, a German security researcher, warns that more than half a billion mobile phones could be vulnerable to attack. He's found a ...

BOSTON — A U.N. group that advises nations on cybersecurity plans to send out an alert about significant vulnerabilities in mobile phone technology that could let hackers attack at least half a ...

On the first day of the SIM card replacement service on the 28th, SK Telecom confirmed that 230,000 people completed the SIM card replacement. This accounts for 1% of the total SK Telecom subscribers ...

The world was shocked by revelations from Edward Snowden recently that U.S. and British spies hacked SIM card maker Gelmato to gain access to billions of phones. The encryption keys on SIM cards are ...

Following on from the reports last week about the alleged hacking of Gemalto by US and UK Spy agencies, who are the world’s largest SIM card maker, the company has now released details of its ...

Ryu Young-sang, CEO of SK Telecom, announced on the 25th that the company will provide free SIM cards (USIM subscriber identification devices) to all customers wishing to switch, including those using ...