SIM swap fraud, often called SIM hijacking, is a form of account takeover where criminals gain access to a victim's phone number. This allows them to assume control over the victim's mobile identity, ...

If you haven’t experienced SIM swap fraud, count yourself lucky. It’s a relatively new, sophisticated form of fraud that allows hackers to gain access to bank accounts, credit card numbers, and other ...

Experts have raised the alarm about SIM swapping fraud after the number of recorded scams surged tenfold in a year. There was a 1,055 per cent increase in unauthorised phone SIM swaps in the UK in ...

We live in a fast-paced digital world, and smartphones have become a staple of our everyday lives. We rely on the device for everything from communication to banking to controlling all of our ...

The latest figures from the UK's National Fraud Database show a tenfold rise in SIM swap fraud cases over the past year. Criminals are hijacking mobile numbers to intercept two-factor authentication ...

A San Fernando Valley, California, man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison after orchestrating a massive fraud operation that targeted dozens of victims, many of them elderly.

A surge in SIM swapping fraud across the Middle East has exposed new tactics used by cybercriminals to exploit victims. According to a new report by Group-IB, fraudsters are increasingly leveraging ...

Telecommunications companies are failing basic cyber security measures despite regulatory crackdowns, with the latest Dodo breach affecting more than 1600 customers and resulting in 34 illegal SIM ...