There's a major vulnerability in the way phone networks talk to each other — and hackers have used it to drain victims' bank accounts. What's more: The issue has been known about for years, and public ...

Two-factor authentication may be the best way of keeping our online accounts safe, but even this system has vulnerabilities. In Germany, a known security flaw in a networking protocol used by ...

Signaling System Number Seven, or SS7, is a widely-used protocol that enables mobile operators’ subscribers to communicate with each other. At the heart of an operator’s network, SS7 contains highly ...

Hackers can read all your text messages, grab personal information, and listen to voice calls with nothing more than your cellular phone number. The glaring security vulnerability lies within the ...

With the Republican administration in Washington grappling with new disputes seemingly on a daily basis, two Democratic Congressmen, known to be technologically savvy and vocal about cybersecurity ...

Last week, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau released a Public Notice (“Notice”) urging communications service providers to review and assess how they can incorporate the ...

Following an article in Süddeutsche Zeitung, a German daily newspaper, there have been media reports about a vulnerability in the SS7 signaling protocol. Hackers have allegedly exploited this ...

There’s a major vulnerability in the way phone networks talk to each other — and hackers have used it to drain victims’ bank accounts. What’s more: The issue has been known about for years, and public ...

There's a major vulnerability in the way phone networks talk to each other — and hackers have used it to drain victims' bank accounts. What's more: The issue has been known about for years, and public ...