The fraud involves criminals gaining control of a victim's mobile phone number [PA Media] A growing number of cyber-criminals are collecting personal information shared on social media to hijack ...

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 ...

The app’s updated capabilities strengthen identity protection, aiming to disrupt device-related crime.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) have urged financial institutions ...

Last month, Europol announced that it had arrested seven individuals who were allegedly perpetrators in a SIM Swap scam operation. Described as a Cybercrime-as-a-Service operation, enforcement ...

During Kaspersky Lab’s ( www.Kaspersky.co.za ) annual Cyber Security Weekend that took place in Cape Town, South Africa, Kaspersky Lab experts discussed the wide spread growth of mobile payments ...

In a digital age where personal information is a currency, SIM cards have unwittingly become the gateways through which cyber and financial criminals exploit unsuspecting victims. South Africa, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Europol has dismantled a sophisticated cybercrime syndicate accused of creating more than 49 million fake online accounts, ...

Three men have been charged before a Nairobi court for allegedly orchestrating a SIM swap fraud using the mobile number of Central Police Station OCS Samson Talaam, while he was in custody. Dennis ...

SIM swap scams are one of the most dangerous forms of mobile fraud in South Africa. Once scammers gain control of a number, they can access banking apps, intercept verification codes and drain ...

A growing number of cyber-criminals are collecting personal information shared on social media to hijack people's mobile phone numbers, police have said. Fraudsters then steal bank security codes as ...