As a key digital identity data source for reducing fraud, mobile numbers also deliver slew of business benefits from minimized churn to increased revenue Alongside customers who are increasingly ...

With SIM-swapping attacks, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to your accounts. These tips can help you ...

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this column neglected to note that calling *77 on your mobile phone may instead connect you with law enforcement. The moment you hear that ...

Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they’ve become de facto identities. At the same time, when you lose ...

Many online services allow users to reset their passwords by clicking a link sent via SMS, and this unfortunately widespread practice has turned mobile phone numbers into de facto identity documents.

When mobile users surf the Web they also may be inadvertently disclosing their phone numbers, a security researcher said Thursday. The problem lies in the way that some networks are reformatting Web ...

All of us have cell phones these days, and if you are like the vast majority of the population, you access everything from social media to banking information right from your mobile phone. However, if ...

Sagar has been writing about technology for over half a decade. An MBA grad, who worked for a top MNC in London, quit his job to pursue his passion for technology. Since then, Sagar's work has ...