Over the past two years, the number of users required to verify accounts via SMS has increased by more than 50%. The SMS-MAN service allows users to receive SMS on a temporary virtual number, […] ...

Instagram has some security measures in place to ensure hackers and scammers can’t access your account. Two-factor authentication is one of them, but sometimes it doesn’t work. Today, we’ll show you ...

A new SMS malware campaign capable of stealing passwords and banking credentials has started spreading like wildfire in recent weeks. So much so that mobile carriers and law enforcement agencies alike ...

Facebook, PayPal, Microsoft, Twitter, Sony, Uber, Dropbox, Amazon... the list goes on. It’s strikingly ironic—these companies are rightly pushing us to better secure our apps and services with ...

Google will soon ditch SMS codes for two-factor authentication for Gmail accounts. QR codes will be used instead of SMS codes. This change will reduce the impact of rampant, global SMS abuse. Update, ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

Text messaging was first introduced to cellular phones over 30 years ago, but sadly, it hasn’t evolved much since then. The Short Messaging Service (SMS) technology we use today is much the same as it ...

Google is now planning to phase out the use of SMS authentication for Gmail, and the company is looking towards using other methods that are far safer and more convenient than text messages. Various ...

SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping ...

Short Messaging Service, or SMS, is more than just a quick way for kids to communicate: Today it can also be an effective business tool for those times when you need to reach multiple people in quick ...

SMS stands for Short Message Service, enabling text message exchange. Developed in the 1980s, the first SMS was sent in 1992. SMS uses cellular networks, not internet, for message delivery. Full form ...