Smishing texts are fraudulent messages sent via SMS (Short Message Service) or text messaging with the intent to trick recipients into revealing personal information, such as passwords, credit card ...

Encrypted text messages may finally reach iPhone users with iOS 26. Code in the beta version of iOS 26 reveals strings for RCS encryption. With encryption, texts between iOS and Android will be more ...

Texting between iPhones and Androids used to be a slog. That's because Apple limited its users to SMS when messaging Androids, which stripped away many of the modern chat features we've gotten used to ...

The FBI is warning millions of Americans to be wary of an innocuous-seeming text message that’s making the rounds — and to delete it immediately if they get it. (Surprise! It’s a scam.) Americans have ...