You know this by now. The threat from malicious text messages has never been worse. Fueled by Chinese organized criminal gangs and AI, this now targets smartphone users on an industrial level, sending ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about cybersecurity, surveillance and privacy. The FBI warns that malicious actors are now sending fraudulent ...

It's the holidays, so my phone is abuzz with messages. The problem is, most of the texts I'm receiving aren't from family and friends. Instead, I'm inundated with offers for tax prep assistance, back ...

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,” ...

When your Galaxy S25 stops receiving text messages, the cause is usually a network hiccup, a misconfigured messaging app, or an incorrect SIM/eSIM setting. The fixes below move from the quickest ...

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...