Here is how to stay safe as criminals increasingly target smartphone owners.

You already know to be wary of suspicious-looking text messages, but what happens if a text arrives from someone who appears to have contacted you by mistake? Though you may be tempted to respond, ...

If you feel like you’re constantly receiving scam calls, texts, or emails, you’re not alone. A producer at Local 4 was sent a lengthy text message Tuesday (June 3) afternoon. If you feel like you’re ...

Beware of text messages with promises to win or a call to action! Because it is precisely messages like these that repeatedly ...

Another day, another warning about a growing scam targeting iPhone and Android users via text message. In a new alert, the FBI said there is an “ongoing malicious text and voice messaging campaign,” ...

SMS blasters are portable devices which impersonate a mobile phone network tower and are used by cybercriminals.

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Transportation is warning of someone sending scam text messages and phone calls pretending to be NMDOT. Scammers are sending messages about a final notice ...

Republished on August 12 with new text message attack warnings. American smartphones are under attack from malicious text messages. This industrial scale campaign is driven by organized criminal gangs ...