Text message scams, or "smishing," occurs when fraudsters pretend to be a government agency, bank or other organization and try to steal information through texts.

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An American citizen who attempted to murder a Birmingham clothing shop owner as part of an international assassination plot, before leaving the country and going on the run, has been convicted.

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To help secure your account and ensure you have privacy, WhatsApp users are being urged to follow six simple steps as soon as ...

As Zohran Mamdani tries to make his opposition to President Donald Trump a central message in his campaign for mayor of New ...

Several keys secure messages in the Signal protocol, as used by Whatsapp. Attackers can disable one of them, which is also ...

Even with WhatsApp removing 6.8 million scam-linked accounts, the responsibility to stay safe doesn't end there. Scammers ...

Here's how Indiana's U.S. House members use a centuries-old, taxpayer-funded congressional privilege to communicate with Hoosiers.

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