A previously-known security vulnerability in Signaling System 7 (SS7), the protocol that governs how mobile phones exchange calls and text messages worldwide, has been exploited by hackers to ...

A Homeland Security Department pilot program designed to monitor a specific kind of mobile hacking may have discovered consistent attacks around the country. But a source with knowledge of the program ...

Hackers have exploited decades-old flaws in the SS7 mobile telephony protocol to hijack phone numbers and SMS messages, in order to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) and steal money from bank ...

A massive security hole in modern telecommunications is exposing billions of mobile phone users around the world to covert theft of their data, bugging of their voice calls and tracking of their ...