Fraudulently obtained SIM cards, often using civilians’ Aadhaar details, allowed them to evade law enforcement. Following the probe, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued directives ...

Anyone who has ever landed in a new country knows the frustration of trying to get online, searching for a SIM vendor and navigating foreign plans when all you want is instant access. It feels ...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently launched a major crackdown against a cybercrime network operating SIM Box devices in Delhi, Noida and Chandigarh, as reported by Times of India. As ...

Ahead of the national election, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to tighten restrictions on the number of SIM cards an individual can register, aiming to curb ...

How many mobile connections are currently active in your name and linked to your identity documents, and could any of them be in the hands of fraudsters? If you are unsure, the Sanchar Saathi app from ...

India's Union government mandates SIM card verification and six-hour session timeouts for messaging apps to combat cyber fraud. Platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram must ensure continuous SIM linkage, ...

New Delhi: Very soon, people must link their messaging and voice over IP apps, such as WhatsApp, with active SIM cards as the Central government seeks to plug loopholes in cybersecurity and prevent ...

On Friday the department of telecommunications (DoT) asked companies that own messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram and others not to allow users without active SIM cards in their phones ...

The probe reveals she obtained a SIM card in 2023 using the fake address of a mosque while living at an Al-Falah University hostel, and that she intentionally avoided using her family's addresses in ...

Seven individuals have been arrested for suspected links with a cybercrime-as-a-service network in a European law enforcement operation dubbed ‘SIMCARTEL.’ The now defunct criminal network offered an ...

Law enforcement agencies dismantled an extensive cyber-as-a-service operation that authorities say was behind a staggering 49 million online accounts used for malicious activity. Seven individuals ...

These two ways of connecting your phone to a cellular network are very different. We tell you about each and how you can switch from one to another. I started my career with CNET all the way back in ...