Your phone comes with strong built-in spam protection—you just need to turn it on. Here's how to do it on both iPhone and ...

No, it’s really not just you. There are more spam SMS messages flying around than ever before. It doesn’t matter where you live or what phone you own, spam text messages trying to con you out of money ...

The GSMA will recommend that operators join a program that allows mobile subscribers to report SMS spam using short codes in an effort to gather more data on a growing annoyance. The GSMA along with ...

SMS spam detection and filtering is a crucial area of research addressing both the nuisance and potential harm posed by unsolicited messages on mobile networks. As SMS remains a fundamental channel ...

A sophisticated tool named Xeon Sender is being exploited by cybercriminals to launch large-scale SMS phishing (smishing) and spam campaigns. By leveraging legitimate cloud services, attackers can ...

Despite cell carriers’ best efforts, spam messages are still flooding our phones on a daily basis. Apple might just be coming to the rescue. The iPhone maker is testing out a new developer feature ...

I’ve been receiving sms spam with some regularity of the past several weeks, and my approach to handling them follows the same procedure. It occurred to me that there is probably a way to leverage ...

Apple is making it easier for iPhone users to fight the scourge of spam texts. Graphic: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac The upcoming iOS 16 will help battle the growing problem of spam text messages. The latest ...

Frustrated users have flooded telcos’ customer-care pages on social media with complaints, questioning how unknown companies acquired their numbers. Kenyan mobile phone users are raising concerns over ...